BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 7, 2000 ISSUE
INTERNATIONAL -- ASIAN COVER STORY Asia's First Familes THE LIs (Hong Kong) RICHARD LI, 33 is building Hong Kong's Cyber-Port project, launching satellite broadband service, and investing in dot.coms Family Business: The Hutchison Whampoa (retail, telecom) and Cheung Kong groups (property, infrastructure), headed by father LI KA-SHING THE KOOs (Taiwan) JEFF KOO JR., 35 (top) is developing an ambitious e-commerce strategy for Chinatrust, linking broadband service, online trading, and business portals Family Business: Chinatrust Commercial Bank, Taiwan's most powerful private financial group, headed by father JEFFREY KOO THE KWOKs (Hong Kong) RAYMOND KWOK, 46 chairs SMARTONE, targeting the wireless Web. With his brothers, he is moving into online auctions and venture capital Family Business: Sun Hung Kai properties (real estate). Developed by their late father Kwok Tak Seng and now headed by brother WALTER THE LAMSAMs (Thailand) VASANT CHATIKAVANIJ, 43, and cousin DHONGCHAI LAMSAM are using the Net to revamp family industrial companies and starting e-commerce services through Loxinfo, an ISP Family Business: Thai Farmers Bank and Loxley Group, with 60 companies in chemicals, trade, and consumer products, headed by Vasant's mother CHATCHANI CHATIKAVANIJ THE CHEARAVANONTs (Thailand) SUPACHAI CHEARAVANONT, 32 is trying to revamp TelecomAsia Corporation Publicco by launching a high-speed Internet service Family Business: Charoen Pokphand Group (agribusiness, retail, industry, property), headed by father DHANIN CHEARAVANONT THE CHENGs (Hong Kong) HENRY CHENG, Age 53: Started Net investment firm New World CyberBase and has a big stake in Nasdaq-listed Chinadotcom Family Business: New World Group (hotels, infrastructure, property), headed by father CHENG YU-TENG _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP					RELATED ITEMS Taking Asia Digital (int'l edition) ASIAN COVER IMAGE: Rich Kids Go Digital TABLE: Asia's First Familes Rushing the Net in Taiwan (int'l edition) INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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