Sonia Cheng Chi-Man (

traditional Chinese A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...

: 鄭志雯;

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: 郑志雯) is a Hong Kong business executive. She is the

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

Rosewood Hotel Group Rosewood Hotel Group, also known for its former trading names New World Hotel Group, New World Hospitality and legal names New World Hotel Management (BVI) Limited, New World Hotel Management Limited is a Hong Kong–based multi-national hotel ...

and the executive director of the

New World Development New World Development Company Limited (NWD) is a Hong Kong–based company focused on property, hotels, infrastructure and services and department stores. It was established on 29 May 1970 by Cheng Yu-tung. The company is publicly listed on t ...

. She is also the vice-chairman of Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group. She was also appointed as an independent non-executive director of

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (), commonly abbreviated as HSBC and formerly known as HongkongBank (; styled ''Wayfoong'' by the bank), is the Hong Kong–based Asia-Pacific subsidiary of the HSBC banking group, for whi ...

and a director of Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation. She is the daughter of Hong Kong property developer Henry Cheng and granddaughter of real estate and jewelry billionaire

Cheng Yu-tung Cheng Yu-tung GBM (; 8 August 1925 – 29 September 2016) was a Hong Kong billionaire with extensive property investment, development and service businesses, hotels, infrastructure, jewellery retailing and transportation interests in Hong Kong, ...

Early life and education

Cheng was born in 1980. She is the second child of Henry Cheng. The executive

Adrian Cheng Adrian Cheng Chi-kong ( zh, t=鄭志剛, born 2 November 1979) is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and business executive son of property developer Henry Cheng and grandson of Cheng Yu-tung. He is the former CEO and executive vice-chairman of the fami ...

is her brother. She studied at St. Pauls’ Co-educational College in Hong Kong and

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in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from

Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...

Career

Cheng joined

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in 42 countries and more than 80,000 employees, the firm's clients in ...

and

Warburg Pincus Warburg Pincus LLC is a global private equity firm, headquartered in New York City, with offices in the United States, Europe, Brazil, China, Southeast Asia and India. Warburg has been a private equity investor since 1966. As of April 2024 the f ...

working in their U.S. and Hong Kong offices. In 2008, she joined New World Group and became chief executive of

. Cheng joined Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group in April 2019 as a non-executive director, she became an executive director in April 2021 and became vice-chairman and executive director in June 2022. Cheng holds several board positions. She is the chairman of the advisory committee of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at

The Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

and

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU or HKPU) is a public university, public research university in Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The university is one of the eight University Grants Committee (Hong Kong), government-funded degree-grant ...

. She was also a Council Member of the

Chinese University of Hong Kong The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public university, public research university in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong. Established in 1963 as a federation of three university college, collegesChung Chi College, New Asia Coll ...

. Cheng was listed on the International Hospitality Institute Global 100: 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality in 2022. She was on Fortune's 40 under 40 in 2018 Cheng was also on Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen in 2015 & 2016

Personal life

Cheng has been involved in the

and

Chow Tai Fook Chow Tai Fook group is a Hong Kong–based, privately-owned conglomerate with holdings in the jewellery, property development, hotel, department store, transportation, energy, telecommunications, port, casino, and other businesses. Despite th ...

charity projects in Hong Kong and mainland China. She is married to Paulo Pong Kin-Yee and has four children.

References

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