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Chow Chi-yuen ( Chinese: 周 至 元; Jyutping: zau1 zi3 jyun4; pinyin: Zhōu Zhìyuán; 1900–1971) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and the founder of Chow Tai Fook. He was the father-in-law of Cheng Yu-tung (鄭裕彤), chairman of New World Development, and was born in Shunde, Guangdong, China.
Learn about the history of Chow Tai Fook, the leading jewellery retailer in Asia, founded by Chow Chi-Yuen in 1929 in Guangzhou. Discover how Chow Chi-Yuen expanded his business to Macau and Hong Kong, and how his son Cheng Yu-Tung took over the company.
Inspired by a traditional Chinese couplet used by people to wish one another happiness and good fortune during the Lunar New Year, Chow deftly named his store “Chow Tai Fook” to invoke luck, class, and prosperity, which are the mainstays of festive greetings.
Chow Tai Fook Jewellery is a jewellery store and gold shop (Chinese: 珠寶金行 金行; 'gold shop') founded by Chow Chi-yuen in 1929 in Guangzhou, China. His son-in-law Cheng Yu-tung took over the business in 1956 [18] and their descendants continue to own the business today.
Chow Tai Fook was founded in 1929 in Guangzhou, in southern China, by Chow Chi-yuen, a native of Shunde, a town 45km (28 miles) to the south of that city; in those days, it operated solely as...
Apr 22, 2024 · Hong Kong’s Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group is planning its first major makeover to mark its centenary in 2029 and the woman in charge of the transformation is its vice-chairwoman, Sonia Cheng...
Jan 16, 2021 · Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 11:15 PM. The name Chow Tai Fook has become synonymous with jewellery in Hong Kong, but its roots are actually on the Chinese mainland. The company was founded in 1929 in the...
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