Stanley Ho

Stanley Ho Hung-sun  (, 25 November 1921 – 26 May 2020) was a Hong Kong-Macau billionaire businessman, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings. It owned nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa.

Ho had been nicknamed Godfather and King of Gambling. He was an important person on the Macau gambling industry for 75 years.

Ho was also the founder and chairman of Shun Tak Holdings, through which he owned many  businesses including entertainment, tourism, shipping, real estate, banking, and air transport. It was said that his businesses employ almost one-fourth of the workforce of Macau.

Ho died on 26 May 2020 at a hospital in Hong Kong of kidney failure, aged 98.

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