{"id":8809,"date":"2020-08-08T16:24:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T16:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8809"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:56:30","slug":"pansy-ho-registers-interest-in-fathers-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/pansy-ho-registers-interest-in-fathers-estate","title":{"rendered":"Pansy Ho registers interest in father\u2019s estate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pansy Ho is the richest woman in Hong Kong, with an estimated fortune of US$4.25 billion and investments in two of Macau&#8217;s six casinos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- Pansy Ho Chiu King, MGM China\u2019s managing director and the fifth daughter of casino tycoon Stanley Ho, has legally registered interest in her father\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ho was known as the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/macau-gambling-stanley-ho\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cKing of Gambling\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and made his fortune as founder of SJM Holdings, one of the largest casino operators in Asia with more than 20 properties across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ho died in May at the age of 98 in May. The youngest of his 15 children, Deborah Ho, and one other relative have already <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/stanley-ho-daughter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered their interest<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Pansy Ho has now notified her interest at the Probate Registry in Hong Kong, demanding her solicitors at Baker &amp; McKenzie be notified before the sealing of her father\u2019s grant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pansy Ho is considered the richest woman in Hong Kong with a fortune estimated in HK$32.9 billion (US$4.25 billion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanley Ho\u2019s fortune was of HK$50 billion (US$6.4 billion) when he retired from the company in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pansy was one of Ho\u2019s children who is most involved in the business. She holds major interests in two of Macau&#8217;s six casinos. She is also group executive chairman and managing director of Shun Tak Holdings, the listed property, transport, hospitality and investment conglomerate founded by her father.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pansy Ho is the richest woman in Hong Kong, with an estimated fortune of US$4.25 billion and investments in two of Macau&#8217;s six casinos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Pansy Ho, Managing Director of MGM China and a significant stakeholder in Macau's gaming sector, has formally registered her interest in her late father Stanley Ho's substantial estate in Hong Kong. This move by the city's richest woman, with an estimated fortune of US$4.25 billion, signals the commencement of legal proceedings concerning the legacy of the SJM Holdings founder.","focusai_entities":"Pansy Ho Chiu King, Stanley Ho, Deborah Ho, MGM China, SJM Holdings, Shun Tak Holdings, Baker & McKenzie","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, Asia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MGM China Governance Impact?","query":"What are the potential implications for MGM China's corporate governance framework and strategic capital allocation given Pansy Ho's formal engagement in her father's estate proceedings?"},{"label":"SJM Holdings Ownership Shift?","query":"How might the resolution of Stanley Ho's estate impact the ultimate beneficial ownership structure and control dynamics of SJM Holdings, and what regulatory compliance considerations might arise?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[257],"class_list":["post-8809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-macau"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8809"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8834,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8809\/revisions\/8834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}