Gigi Chao | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Gigi Chao | ||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Manchester | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Vice Chairman of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||
Partner | JW | ||||||||||||||||
Parent(s) | Cecil Chao (father) Kelly Yiu, Wai (mother) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gigi Chao ( Chinese: 趙式芝; born June 1979) is a Hong Kong business woman and activist, the vice-chair of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd. [1] [2]
Chao holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with Honours from the University of Manchester's Manchester School of Architecture. [3]
Chao, a feminist and lesbian, is an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights in Hong Kong and Asia. [4] She was the first female President of the Hong Kong Aviation Club. [5] She was also an early investor in Tesla and supported the company's early development in Hong Kong with purchasing two of the first generation Tesla Roadsters in 2011. [6] [7]
In 2012, Chao gained international attention [8] when her father, Cecil Chao, offered $65 million to any man who could marry her. [9] [10] Despite criticism, her father remained unrepentant. [11] [12] In 2014 Cecil Chao increased the reward to $180 million. [13] [14] [15] Gigi responded publicly in an open letter printed in the South China Morning Post. The letter expresses defiance of her father's wishes and asks for respect for the LGBT community. [16] [17]
In 2019, Chao founded the organisation Hong Kong Marriage Equality [18] to advocate for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong. Chao wrote an early thesis on Marriage Equality and published it for peer review in 2011-2012. [19]
She is an Anglicanh</ref> [ttps://outstanding.involverolemodels.org/person/gigi-chao/ "outstanding.involverolemodels"].</ref>
Gigi Chao | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Gigi Chao | ||||||||||||||||
Citizenship | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | University of Manchester | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Vice Chairman of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||
Partner | JW | ||||||||||||||||
Parent(s) | Cecil Chao (father) Kelly Yiu, Wai (mother) | ||||||||||||||||
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Gigi Chao ( Chinese: 趙式芝; born June 1979) is a Hong Kong business woman and activist, the vice-chair of Cheuk Nang (Holdings) Ltd. [1] [2]
Chao holds a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture with Honours from the University of Manchester's Manchester School of Architecture. [3]
Chao, a feminist and lesbian, is an outspoken advocate for LGBT rights in Hong Kong and Asia. [4] She was the first female President of the Hong Kong Aviation Club. [5] She was also an early investor in Tesla and supported the company's early development in Hong Kong with purchasing two of the first generation Tesla Roadsters in 2011. [6] [7]
In 2012, Chao gained international attention [8] when her father, Cecil Chao, offered $65 million to any man who could marry her. [9] [10] Despite criticism, her father remained unrepentant. [11] [12] In 2014 Cecil Chao increased the reward to $180 million. [13] [14] [15] Gigi responded publicly in an open letter printed in the South China Morning Post. The letter expresses defiance of her father's wishes and asks for respect for the LGBT community. [16] [17]
In 2019, Chao founded the organisation Hong Kong Marriage Equality [18] to advocate for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Hong Kong. Chao wrote an early thesis on Marriage Equality and published it for peer review in 2011-2012. [19]
She is an Anglicanh</ref> [ttps://outstanding.involverolemodels.org/person/gigi-chao/ "outstanding.involverolemodels"].</ref>