Gerald Chan

Gerald L. Chan (born 1950/1951) is an American billionaire and the brother of fellow billionaire Ronnie Chan.[2] They run the Hang Lung Group.

Gerald Chan
Born
Gerald Lok Chan

1950/1951 (age 69–70)
Hong Kong
NationalityAmerican
EducationUCLA
Harvard University
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$2.0 billion (jointly with brother, January 2016)[1]
Spouse(s)Beryl W. Chan
Children2 sons
Parent(s)T.H. Chan
RelativesRonnie Chan (brother)

Early life

Gerald Chan is the son of T.H. Chan. He earned BS and MS degrees in Engineering from UCLA, and a master's degree in Medical Radiological Physics and a doctorate in Radiation Biology from Harvard University.[3] In the 1970s, he became a US citizen.[4]

Career

In 1987, he co-founded Morningside Group, a private equity and venture capital group.[3]

He is a director of Hang Lung Group, Stealth Peptides, Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Matrivax, Vaccine Technologies Inc, and Oxyrane.[5]

When his family donated the Harvard School of Public Health $350 million in six annual installments, the largest gift in Harvard's history at the time, the school was renamed the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health for Chan's late father.[4][6]

As of 2015, he had invested over $100 million in the Harvard Square district of Cambridge.[4]

In September 2018, Chan opened luxury countryside hotel, Heckfield Place, in Hampshire, England, a renovated 18th-century manor house and farm.[7]

Personal life

Chan is married to Beryl, and they have two sons, Ashley being the eldest.[4]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Ronnie & Gerald Chan". Forbes. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  2. "Ronnie & Gerald Chan". forbes.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. "About - Dr. Gerald Chan". www.geraldchan.net. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. Neil Swidey (3 May 2015). "Gerald Chan, Boston's invisible billionaire - The Boston Globe". bostonglobe.com. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  5. "Gerald L. Chan - Harvard China Fund". hcf.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  6. Announcement of major search for Senior Director, University Development Office International – Asia Principal Gifts, Harvard University Cambridge, MA
  7. "Heckfield Place: inside the UK's most delayed hotel". Financial Times. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
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