Nina Wang

Nina Wang Kung Yu Sum or ( Chinese:龚 如 心, pinyin: Gong Ruxin, born September 29, 1937 in Shanghai, † April 3, 2007 in Hong Kong ) was a Chinese entrepreneur. With an estimated net worth of 9.3 billion euros, it was considered the richest woman in Asia.

In 1955 she married Teddy Wang, to whom she was together since the age of 13. They moved to Hong Kong, where Teddy established the Chinachem Group, a pharmaceutical company, which is one of the largest companies in Hong Kong was.

Kidnapping

On April 12, 1983, the car the couple was captured. Teddy Wang was detained for 8 days tied to a bed until his wife Nina paid 11 million dollars ransom. April 10, 1990 Teddy was kidnapped again. After his disappearance, Nina Wang took over the leadership of the company and developed it further. Teddy Wang was declared dead in 1999, although his body was never found.

Death

On 4 April 2007 Chinachem announced that Nina Wang had died the previous day in the Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital. The cause of death was not disclosed, but according to media reports, she is said to have suffered from cancer. Nina Wang had no children, but was survived by two sisters. In a will of 2002 Nina Wang gave her fortune to the equivalent of around 3.1 billion euros a charity she had founded. Four years later, however, she sat According to newspaper reports her feng shui master Chan Chun Chuen as sole heir. This AD relatives and acquaintances had filed suit. In July 2013 a court ruled in Hong Kong, Chan Chun Chuen had forged the will and sentenced him to twelve years in prison.