What is Chen Din Hwa?
{{Infobox person | name = Chen Din-hwa | native_name = 陳廷驊 | caption = | birth_date = 1923 | birth_place = [[Ningbo]], Zhejiang, China | death_date = 17 June 2012 (aged 89) | death_place = Hong Kong | spouse = Yang Foo Oi (divorced) | nationality = Chinese | citizenship = Hong Kong | children = Angela Chen Wai-fong and Vivien Chen Wai Wai (daughters) | occupation = Businessman }} '''Chen Din-hwa''' ({{Lang-zh|陳廷驊}}; 1923 – 17 June 2012) was a businessman and philanthropist based in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news |title=Empire builder Chen Din-hwa dies at 89 |url=http://www.scmp.com/portal/site/SCMP/menuitem.2af62ecb329d3d7733492d9253a0a0a0/?vgnextoid=10b604f539ff7310VgnVCM100000360a0a0aRCRD&ss=Hong+Kong&s=News |work=www.scmp.com |agency=South China Morning Post}}</ref> He was ranked as the 14th wealthiest person in Hong Kong. His net worth at the time of his death was worth of US$2.6 billion.<ref>{{cite news |title=Forbes List Directory |url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/82/biz_08hkrichest_Chen-Din-Hwa_HOW5.html |work=Forbes |language=en}}</ref> ==Life and career== He was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang, Republic of China in 1923.<ref>{{cite web |title=南豐集團創辦人陳廷驊病逝 - Yahoo! 新聞香港 |url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/&#21335;&#35920;&#38598;&#22296;&#21109;&#36774;&#20154;&#38515;&#24311;&#39498;&#30149;&#36893;-094013331.html |website=hk.news.yahoo.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620000442/http://hk.news.yahoo.com/%E5%8D%97%E8%B1%90%E9%9B%86%E5%9C%98%E5%89%B5%E8%BE%A6%E4%BA%BA%E9%99%B3%E5%BB%B7%E9%A9%8A%E7%97%85%E9%80%9D-094013331.html |archivedate=20 June 2012}}</ref> He left his school at the age of 12 and started working as an apprentice to a silk merchant. At the age of 22 years old, he became chief manager of his family business and at later he owned multiple shops and factories in Shanghai and Ningbo. In 1949, he shifted to Hong Kong where he set up business.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chen biodata |url=http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ipro/pressrelease/981027-s.htm |website=www.cuhk.edu.hk}}</ref