• Source: Kadoorie family

The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (Hebrew: כדורי, Arabic: خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong–based family, originally Jews from Baghdad, Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.




Family members


The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals:

Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman, married Laura Mocatta, 3 children
Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
Andrew McAulay (born 1967)
Michael Kadoorie (born 1941), businessman and philanthropist, married Cuban-American Betty Tamayo, 3 children
Bettina Kadoorie
Natalie Louise Kadoorie (born 1986), married to Diego Alejandro Gonzalez Morales
Philip Lawrence Kadoorie (born 1992)
Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900)
Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
Reuben Ezekiel Kadoorie, married Catherine Lee Wai-Ying, 1 child
Rosa Kadoorie was married to American adventurer Hilaire du Berrier.




Philanthropy


In the 1990s the Kadoorie family donated US$500,000 for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.
During the 1961 drought in Hong Kong, Kadoorie donated cement and pipes to the Yim Tin Tsai villagers who also contributed money and effort to lay the water mains delivering water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.




Enterprises


Enterprises founded by the family:

CLP Group
Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
The Peninsula Hotels




See also


Kadoorie Agricultural High School
Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie
Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden
Shanghai Ghetto




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Troides helena
• Daftar orang terkaya dunia (2005)
• Daftar tokoh Yahudi Asia
• Kadoorie family
• Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie
• Michael Kadoorie
• Kadoorie Hill
• Elly Kadoorie
• Kadoorie Agricultural High School
• Ellis Kadoorie
• Horace Kadoorie
• Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
• Andrew McAulay