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Runme Shaw, K.St.J ( Chinese: 邵仁枚; pinyin: Shào Rénméi; 1 January 1901 – 2 March 1985) was the chairman and founder of the Shaw Organisation of Singapore.
Runme Shaw (Tan Sri) (Dr) (b. 1901, China–d. 2 March 1985, Singapore) was a pioneer in the film and entertainment industry in Singapore and Malaysia. 1 He founded Shaw Brothers with his brother, Run Run Shaw. 2 Besides being a film magnate, Runme was also a well-known philanthropist.
Sir Run Run Shaw GBM CBE (19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. [2] He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film ...
At 95 years of age, Sir Run Run Shaw, CBE, continues his active role as Founder/Chairman of Shaw Brothers Ltd. (Hong Kong) and Chairman of Television Broadcast Ltd., Hong Kong. He has two sons, Vee Ming and Harold and two daughters, Violet and Dorothy. He was married twice, the first to Lady Lily Shaw who died in 1987 and the second to Mona Shaw.
The Shaw Organisation was founded in 1924 when the late Tan Sri Runme Shaw (1901-1985) arrived in Singapore from Ningbo, Shanghai. He was the third of seven children of a Shanghai textile merchant, Shaw Yuh Hsuen (1867-1920).