What is Cheng Yu-tung?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Datuk|Dato]] [[The Honourable]] | name = Cheng Yu-tung | honorific_suffix = GBM | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1925|8|26|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Shunde]], [[Guangdong]], [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|9|29|1925|8|26|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Hong Kong]] | spouse = Chow Tsui-ying | children = 4 | relations = [[Chow Chi Yuen|Chow Chi-yuen]] (father-in-law), [[Henry Cheng|Henry Kar-shun Cheng]] (son) [[Adrian Cheng]] Chi-kong (grandson) }} {{Chinese |order=ts |t=鄭裕彤 |s=郑裕彤 |j=zeng6 jyu6 tung4 |sl=Jeng<sup>6</sup> Yue<sup>6</sup> Tung<sup>4</sup> |p=Zhèng Yùtóng }} '''Cheng Yu-tung''' GBM<ref>{{cite web |title=深切悼念拿督鄭裕彤博士 {{!}} 香港浸會大學基金 |url=https://foundation.hkbu.edu.hk/zh/node/6702#.YgQ4OSXdn6U |website=foundation.hkbu.edu.hk}}</ref> ({{Lang-zh|鄭裕彤}}; 8 August 1925 – 29 September 2016) was a billionaire and investor based in [[Hong Kong]]. He owned several real estate properties, businesses, hotels, infrastructure, jewellery retailers and transportation services in Hong Kong, [[Macau]], the [[United States]], and [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Top 10 richest Chinese in the world |url=http://www.china.org.cn/top10/2013-04/28/content_28686333_7.htm |work=www.china.org.cn}}</ref> Cheng is also known for founding the [[New World Development]] in 1970 which is a Hong Kong based conglomerate.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cheng Yu-tung, Hong Kong Jewelry, Real Estate Tycoon, Dies |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/cheng-yu-tung-hong-kong-jewelry-real-estate-tycoon-dies-1475239893 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}</ref> ==Life== Cheng was born and raised in Shunde, Guangdong. He fled to Macau in 1940 during Japanese occupation in China. Later, he started working as an apprentice in Chow Tai Fook store and in time, he married his boss's daughter. In 1946 he moved to Hong Kong and opened the first store of Chow Tai Fook there