Henry Cheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cheng.

Henry Cheng Kar-shun, GBM, GBS (Chinese: 鄭家純; born 11 December 1946) is a Hong Kong billionaire property developer.

The Honourable Henry Cheng GBM GBS
Born	鄭家純 Cheng Kar-shun (1946-12-11) December 11, 1946 (age 78) Shunde, Guangdong, China
Alma mater	Ivey Business School (HBA, MBA)
Occupation	businessman
Children	6
Parent(s)	Cheng Yu-tung Chow Tsui-ying
Relatives	Cheng Ka-shing (brother) Amy Cheng (sister) Lai-ha (sister) Adrian Cheng (son) Sonia Cheng Brian Cheng Christopher Cheng Cheng Chak-wang and Cheng Chak-yin.

Henry Cheng
Traditional Chinese	鄭家純
Simplified Chinese	郑家纯
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèng Jiāchún Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Zeng6 Gaa1seon4

Cheng is the elder son of Cheng Yu-tung, who founded Hong Kong-listed New World Development, of which Henry succeeded his father as chairman.^[1] Cheng is Chairman of NWS Holdings, New World China Land, and New World Department Store China. He is also a standing committee member of the Eleventh Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.^[2][3]

In the 2012 Chief Executive election in Hong Kong, Cheng initially supported Henry Tang but switched to support the eventual winner, Leung Chun-ying. Leung's second Secretary for Development, Paul Chan, became embroiled in a property and credibility scandal, similar to the first, Mak Chai-kwong. Cheng was the first public figure to offer support.^[4]

Cheng has six children (from oldest to youngest): Adrian, Sonia, Brian, Christopher, Chak-Wang and Chak-yin.

He was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2017.^[5]