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Stanley Ho
Stanley Ho Hung-sun was a Hong Kong and Macau billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.
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business · Macau businessman (1921–2020) · politician · entrepreneur · also Stanley Ho, Ho Hung Sun, Stanley Ho Hung Sun, He Hongshen, Stanley Ho Hung-sun, Ho Hung-sun
Born 25 November 1921 · Died 26 May 2020 · Q735458
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2026· 2 entries
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2023· 1 entry
Wall Street Journal: Stanley Ho on Family Feud
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2020· 2 entries
Died 2020-05-26.
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WRAL: Stanley Ho, Hong Kong billionaire and Macao's 'godfather of gambling,' dies at 98
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2008· 1 entry
Ho received the Medal for Business Entrepreneurialism from the city of Cascais and the street running adjacent to the Estoril Casino was renamed as Avenida Stanley Ho
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2007· 1 entry
Received the Grand Lotus Medal of Honour from Macau
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2003· 2 entries
Ho donated a Qing dynasty bronze boar's head to China's Poly Art Museum, a state-run organisation that aims to develop, display, rescue and protect Chinese cultural relics
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Ho received the Gold Bauhinia Star from the Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Tung Chee Hwa
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2001· 1 entry
Was among the first recipients to receive the Golden Lotus Medal of Honour from Macau
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1998· 1 entry
Ho became the first living Macanese resident to have a local street named after him
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1995· 1 entry
The Government of Portugal appointed Ho to the Grã-Cruz da Ordem do Infante Dom Henrique (Great Cross of the Order of Prince Henrique), the highest honour for any civilian, for his contributions to society
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1989· 1 entry
After STDM took full control of the Macau Jockey Club, Ho became its chairman and chief executive officer
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1988· 1 entry
Ho met Angela Leong On-kei when she was his dance instructor
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1987· 1 entry
Portugal agreed to return Macau to China in 1999
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1984· 2 entries
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1984).
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Ho was awarded an honorary doctorate of social sciences from the University of Macau
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1981· 2 entries
Awarded Commander of the Order of Prince Henry (1981).
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Ho's and Leitão's son Robert and daughter-in-law Suki Potier died in a car accident
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1973· 1 entry
And suffered partial memory loss as a result
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1970· 1 entry
Ho opened the flagship Lisboa Casino Hotel
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1961· 2 entries
For US$410,000, of which US$51,000 was provided by Henry Fok
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The company was renamed Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau, S
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1960· 1 entry
“Thirty Years of Activity in the Party”
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1943· 1 entry
Set up a kerosene company and established a construction company with his money
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1942· 1 entry
Ho married Clementina Ângela Leitão, from the prestigious Portuguese Leitão family (Chinese:黎登)– her grandfather was a lawyer and Macau's only notary public at the time
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1941· 1 entry
Studied at University of Hong Kong (1939–1941).
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1939· 1 entry
Studied at Queen's College (1932–1939).
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1934· 1 entry
His father suffered devastating losses in the stock market, going bankrupt overnight
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1921· 1 entry
Born 1921-11-25.
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1860· 1 entry
When it was sacked and burnt by the French and British armies
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