The Kadoorie family (Arabic: خضوري) are a wealthy family, originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad. From the mid-18th century they were established in Bombay India, becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia, and later to British Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
It includes a number of notable individuals:
- Sir Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
- Sir Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman
- Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (KBE (1899–1993) in Hong Kong) was a famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.
- Sir Michael Kadoorie (b. 1941), a business executive, one of the world's foremost tycoons and philanthropists
- Sir Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
- Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (KBE (1899–1993) in Hong Kong) was a famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.
Enterprises founded by the family: CLP Group The Peninsula Hotels
Famous quotes containing the word family:
“It’s a family joke that when I was a tiny child I turned from the window out of which I was watching a snowstorm, and hopefully asked, ‘Momma, do we believe in winter?’”
—Philip Roth (20th century)