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Gaming pioneer
Profiles tagged “Gaming pioneer”.
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Fu Tak Iam and Tai Heng: the two-decade monopoly era of Macau gaming
Fu Tak Iam
The "King of Gambling" in Macau from the 1930s to 1960s. In 1937 he and Kou Ho Neng formed the Tai Heng Company, won the Macau gaming concession by annual tender, and dominated the industry for over two decades while expanding into shipping, real estate, and entertainment.
Yip Hon: from croupier to grandmaster, the real operator behind modern Macau gaming
Yip Hon
A central figure in modern Macau gaming. Rising from croupier to pit master — famed for reading dice by sound alone — Yip Hon co-founded STDM in 1961 with Stanley Ho, Henry Fok, and Teddy Yip, and was widely regarded as the consortium's true gaming operator.
Teddy Yip: STDM founder who put Macau on the world motor-racing map
Teddy Yip
An STDM co-founder and Stanley Ho's brother-in-law. A Chinese businessman born in the Dutch East Indies, he co-founded STDM in 1961 to win the gaming concession, and through Theodore Racing and the Macau Grand Prix put Macau on the world motor-racing map.
Henry Fok: from Tanka boyhood to STDM majority shareholder and a pioneer of mainland investment
Henry Fok Ying Tung
Hong Kong industrialist and STDM's largest shareholder. Born into a Tanka family, he made his fortune postwar in real estate and sand dredging, co-founded STDM in 1961 as its biggest stakeholder, then became a leading early investor in mainland China and a major sports patron, serving in the CPPCC from 1980.