Thomas Chan Tin Chi

Thomas Chan Tin Chi
Native name 陳天賜
Born 1966
Citizenship Hong Kong
Alma mater Tsinghua University
University of Wales[1]

Thomas Chan Tin Chi (陳天賜; born 1966) is a Hong Kong entrepreneur and investor.

Early life and automobile career

Chan was born in 1966 and received his primary education in Quanzhou, Fujian.[1] He immigrated to Hong Kong from Fujian in 1979[2] and attended Pui Kiu Middle School in Hong Kong.[1] He worked as a storeman in the automobile industry and eventually founded his own car dealership, specializing in second hand cars.

He became known as the "king of second hand cars" of Hong Kong[2] and was named one of The Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong of 1995 at the age of 29.[1] He was the youngest person to be given this award.[2]

Investor career

Chan suffered heavy losses in the 1997 Asian financial crisis and was declared bankrupt in 2001.[2][3] In 2003 he worked with Hong Kong property tycoon David C. Lee on construction contracts in Mainland China, and also acquired a substantial share of Lee's accountancy firm. However, Chan was accused of putting shareholder power-play above the interests of dismissed employees when the accountancy firm liquidated in 2006.[4]

After the period of bankruptcy expired in 2005,[4] he returned to entrepreneurship and founded ECrent with his wife. ECrent is an online platform for the rental of household objects.[5] In March 2015, his company ECrent mounted a covert takeover bid of the failing television channel ATV but was ultimately unsuccessful.[2][5]

His business interests include both equity acquisitions and providing operational advisory to the companies. His equity investment portfolio covers cross-regional enterprise such as HSBC, Alibaba, Amazon, Google, etc. In addition, he also invests in properties at international locations. He also invests into gold and expensive metal markets.[6]

Personal life

Chan maintains a family fund to invest into both enterprise and startup companies.[7] He has a special interests also with jewelries, oil paintings, and wine.

In December 2015, a burglar attempted to raid Chan's private mansion in Hong Kong. Chan alerted the police and the burglar was arrested.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "CHAN Tin Chi, Thomas". The Outstanding Young Persons' Association. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "陳天賜曾膺最年輕傑青". Sing Tao Daily. 2015-12-20. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  3. ↑ "傑 青 陳 天 賜 被 頒 令 破 產". Headline Daily. 2001-07-31. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  4. 1 2 "支付欠薪作條件　爭財政權李頌熹、陳天賜員工較飛". Apple Daily 蘋果日報. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  5. 1 2 "破產傑青曲線買亞視　背後有乜用意？". Apple Daily 蘋果日報. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  6. ↑ "赵明远董事长会见香港瑞建公司陈天赐主席". 东北特殊钢集团有限责任公司 (in Chinese). 2014-03-18. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  7. ↑ "亞視籲投資者勿受騙" (in Chinese). Oriental Daily (Hong Kong). 2015-02-19. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  8. ↑ "獨立屋遇竊　戶主陳天賜破產後東山再起". on.cc東網專訊. Sing Tao Daily. 2015-12-19. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
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