Daisy Ho Chiu-fung (; born 1964) is a Hong Kong businesswoman who is the daughter of

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-based businessman

Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) 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. Ho was nicknamed variou ...

. She is the chairman and executive director of

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, a major owner, operator and developer of casinos in Macau. She is also an executive director of Shun Tak Holdings.

Biography

Ho was born in 1964. She is the second daughter of Stanley Ho and his second wife. Her siblings are Pansy Ho, Josie Ho, Maisy Ho, and

Lawrence Ho Lawrence Ho Yau-lung (; born 1977) is a Canadian businessman. Starting his career as an investment banker at Jardine Fleming and Citibank, in 2001 he took over operations at Melco International. Later named chairman and CEO, Ho refocused th ...

. Ho earned an MBA in finance from the

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and BA in marketing from the

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. She worked for several investment banks before joining Shun Tak Holdings in 1994 as executive director and was appointed chief financial officer in 1999. In 2013, Ho became chairwoman of Hong Kong Ballet and performed from ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoje ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, links=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failu ...

'' at the Hong Kong Tatler Ball. She also chairs the University of Toronto (Hong Kong) Foundation, a scholarship fund that sends academically gifted Hong Kong students on a scholarship to U of T, and serves on the dean's advisory board of the Rotman School of Management. In 2018, Ho became chairman of the board of director and executive director of

, succeeding her father, Stanley Ho. She is also the executive director and Deputy Managing Director of Shun Tak Holdings. Ho has served as a director and chairman of Hong Kong charity Po Leung Kuk, Vice President of the Real Estate Developers Association of Hong Kong, and a member of the

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. She became the chairwoman of the Hong Kong Ballet again in 2020 and was also the Chief Commissioner of the Hong Kong Girl Guides Association.

Personal life

Ho has two children, Beatrice Ho and Gillian Ho, graduates of

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and

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, respectively.

References

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