Chu Lam Yiu

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Chu Lam Yiu is a Chinese billionaire and the founder of Huabao International Holdings, a fragrances and tobacco flavoring company. She founded the company in 1996 and took it public on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange through a "backdoor listing" in 2006. [1] [2] [3] According to Forbes, she is one of China's richest women with a net worth of USD 2.4 billion in 2022. [4]

In 2022, she was placed under investigation for “suspected disciplinary violations” along with her son, Lam Ka Yu, as the Chinese government began cracking down on corruption in the tobacco industry. [5] Her daughter, Lam Ka Yan, a Columbia University graduate, was named an executive director at the company amid the government probe. [6]

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  2. "China Targets Billionaire with Rough Justice". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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