Xu Rongmao
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Family name hatnote Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Xu Rongmao Template:Post-nominals (Template:Zh; born 1950), or Hui Wing Mau in Cantonese, is a Chinese-Australian[1] entrepreneur and billionaire, and the founder and the chairman of Shimao Property. Xu is estimated to be one of the largest property developers in Shanghai.
Career
In 1988, he claimed to invest Template:USDTemplate:To USD million in a knitting factory in his hometown, but he intended to build a hotel instead, although investments in private hotels were forbidden at that time.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". However, as soon as the construction was completed, the government policy was changed to allow private owners to have their hotels. Then Xu became the owner of the first private three-star hotel in China. He then started to invest into developing residential complexes and resorts in Fujian.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
In the 1990s, he expanded his real estate business into Beijing and Shanghai. He undertook several property ventures in Australia in the 1990s. In 2005, The New York Times reported he had moved his family to Template:NTcity, Australia.[2] He completed his Master of Business Administration via distance-learning from the University of Adelaide[1][2] and invested in real estate in the early 1990s. In 2003-04, Xu was the largest individual donor to the NSW branch of the Australian Labor Party.[1][2]
In the 2000s, he expanded his business by acquiring listed companies including Shimao Holdings (listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange) and Shimao International (previously listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange), while the latter was privatized by him in 2007.[3] Shimao Property was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2006.[4]
Personal life
In 2008, Xu was reported to be interested in buying Newcastle United F.C. from then owner Mike Ashley.[5]
Net worth
Xu's net worth is compiled on the Financial Review Rich List, the Forbes China Rich List, and the Hurun Report China Rich List. According to Forbes, in 2021 his net worth was estimated at $10.3 billion.[6] since May 2025[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., Xu's net worth was assessed at Template:AUD3.89 billion on the Financial Review 2025 Rich List.[7]
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External links
- Shimao Group
- Shimao Property
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- 1950 births
- Living people
- Hokkien people
- People from Shishi, Fujian
- Billionaires from Fujian
- Businesspeople from Fujian
- Australian billionaires
- Chinese emigrants to Australia
- Australian businesspeople
- Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2021–2026
- Chinese businesspeople in real estate
- Naturalised citizens of Australia
- University of Adelaide alumni