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Raymond Kwok

Hong Kong businessman

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 24, 2026
Entity authorityQ7298936 ↗
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Raymond Kwok Ping-luen JP (Chinese: 郭炳聯, born 20 April 1953) is the chairman and managing director of Sun Hung Kai Properties, the largest property developer in Hong Kong. He is the chairman of SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. and SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Limited. He is the youngest son of Kwok Tak Seng, and the youngest brother of Walter Kwok, and Thomas Kwok.

Wealth

The Kwok brothers are the third wealthiest people in Hong Kong and Greater China Region, just after Li Ka Shing and Lee Shau Kee. Their combined wealth is estimated to be US$17 billion in Forbes' 2011 list of billionaires. Their combined wealth rose to $17.9 billion in 2016. According to Forbes, the Kwok family as a whole is the third richest family in Asia, with a net worth of US$40.4 billion.

Education

Kwok holds a law degree from Cambridge University, an MBA from Harvard University, an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the Open University of Hong Kong and an Honorary Doctorate in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Bribery charges

In March 2012, Raymond Kwok and Thomas Kwok were arrested on bribery charges.

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