David Ho | |
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Born | 1952or1953(age 71–72) [a] |
Nationality | Canadian (1986-) |
Occupation | businessman |
Known for | Harmony Airways |
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David Ho Ting-kwok (born 1952 or 1953) [a] is a Vancouver-based Canadian entrepreneur originally from Hong Kong. [2] He founded the now-defunct Harmony Airways, [2] and owns the University Golf Club (course land owned and leased from Musqueam Capital Corporation). [3] He has a minority interest in MCL Motors (founded 1992) since selling it to Dilawri Automotive Group in 2010. [4] In 2005 he was named the Businessman of the Year by the Vancouver Junior Board of Trade. [5] Ho is a former member of the Vancouver Police Board. [3]
In 2009, Ho was charged with unlawful confinement, cocaine possession and possession of an unregistered firearm in relation to an incident involving a prostitute. On 2 February 2012, he pleaded guilty to a charge of unlawful confinement and was given a one-year suspended sentence, 45 hours of community service and a $5,000 fine. [6]
Ho and his family have been frequent donors to various charities, especially Orbis International. [6]
Ho's name was found in the Panama Papers involving his registration of Harmonyworld Investment Company by Mossack Foncesa. [7]
Ho's grandfather, Ho Ying-chie, owned the Hong Kong Tobacco Co., the eighth-largest tobacco company worldwide. [8] Sing Tao News Corporation Limited chairman Charles Ho is his brother. [9]
Ho attended Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, and then studied business at the University of Richmond. [8] Ho, and his then-wife Rita Fung (sister of Fairchild Group CEO Thomas Fung and daughter of Fung King Hey, co-founder of Sun Hung Kai & Co. of Hong Kong), arrived in Canada in 1984 because she had family in the Vancouver area. [2] [8] The couple divorced in 1995. Ho later married Winnie Schweitzer, [10] who along with Ho are directors in Seychelles registered Harmonyworld Investments.