Kadoorie family
The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (Hebrew: כדורי, Arabic: خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family, originally Mizrahi Jews from Baghdad, Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai, British Raj India becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.
Family members
The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals:
- Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
- Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman, married Laura Mocatta, 3 children
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
- Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
- Andrew McAulay (b. 1967)
- Michael Kadoorie (b. 1941), businessman and philanthropist, married Cuban-American Betty Tamayo, 3 children
- Bettina Kadoorie
- Natalie Louise Kadoorie (b. 1986), married to Diego Alejandro Gonzalez Morales
- Philip Lawrence Kadoorie (b. 1992)
- Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
- Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900)
- Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
- Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
- Reuben Ezekiel Kadoorie, married Catherine Lee Wai-Ying, 1 child
- Rosa Kadoorie was married to American adventurer Hilaire du Berrier.
Philanthropy
Kadoorie family has donated, in the 1990s, 500,000 USD for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.
In 1961, in times of drought in Hong Kong, Mr. Kadoorie donated cement and pipes and the Yim Tin Tsai villagers contributed money and effort and laid the water mains that deliver water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.
Enterprises
Enterprises founded by the family: