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T.H. Chan

1923 – 1986

Chinese entrepreneur

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About T.H. Chan

Lived 1923 – 1986 (aged 62–63). T.H. Chan was a Chinese businessperson.

Chan Tseng-hsi (; abbreviated as T.H. Chan; 1923 – 8 March 1986) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur who founded the Hong Kong–based real estate company Hang Lung Group.

Born and raised in the province of Guangdong, China, Chan moved to British Hong Kong in the 1940s because of the Chinese Civil War. He took an entry-level job in a bank and eventually built a successful real estate business. According to his son Gerald, he used to loan money to his friends to pay for their children's school fees. His wife, Tan Chingfen, was a nurse who, in the 1950s, gave cholera vaccinations to the neighbourhood children in the family kitchen.

After Gerald got a fellowship for his doctoral studies at Harvard, Chan was proud of his son, but disturbed that Gerald was taking the place of someone who could not pay. He told a friend, "We have the means to pay tuition. Why is Gerald taking the scholarship away from someone else?" Harvard officials said the money would be used in four areas: pandemics, including obesity, cancer, and the Ebola outbreak in West Africa; harmful environments, including pollution and violence; poverty and humanitarian crises; and failing health systems.

In March 2022, the Morningside Academy for Design was founded with a $100 million gift from the Morningside Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the T.H. Chan family.

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Born
1923, Guangdong
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Also known as
Chan Tseng-hsi, Chén Zēngxī

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped T.H. Chan's

Frequently asked questions

Who was T.H. Chan?

Chinese entrepreneur

When was T.H. Chan born?

T.H. Chan was born in 1923 in Guangdong.

When did T.H. Chan die?

T.H. Chan died on 8 March 1986.

What was T.H. Chan's occupation?

T.H. Chan was a businessperson.

What nationality was T.H. Chan?

T.H. Chan was Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: T.H. Chan

· Wikidata: Q15929946

· DBpedia: Chan Tseng-hsi

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