Victor Chu
Victor Chu (financier, businessman) | |
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Born | 1960 Canton, Guangdong, China |
Alma mater | King's College (Taunton), University College London |
Member of | Atlantic Council, Chatham House/Governors, WEF/Board of Trustees, WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow/1998 |
Hong Kong-based businessman and deep state actor. GLT 1998, Chatham house governor, WEF Trustee, Atlantic Council.. |
Victor Lap-Lik Chu is a Hong Kong-based businessman and deep state actor.
Background
Victor Chu was born in Canton, China and came to Hong Kong at the age of four. He received his early education in Hong Kong and England, and took his law degree at University College London (UCL)
He was selected a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1998.
Career
Chu is chairman and CEO of First Eastern Investment Group, a leading Hong Kong-based international investment firm and a pioneer of private equity investments in China. He is a co-founder and director of Peach Aviation in Japan, as well as a board member of Airbus SE and Nomura Holdings.[1]
Since the 1990s, Victor Chu has at various times been director and council member of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, member of the Hong Kong Takeovers and Mergers Panel, advisory committee member of the Securities and Futures Commission, and part-time member of Hong Kong Government’s Central Policy Unit. [1]
Chu has also been Foundation Board Member (Trustee) of the World Economic Forum from 2003 to 2015 and co-chairs the WEF’s International Business Council. He is chairman of the Hong Kong-Europe Business Council and chairman of the Hong Kong-United States Business Council.[1]
He was a member of the dean's council of John F. Kennedy School Government at Harvard University, 2004—2010.[2]
Victor Chu is a trustee of Asia House in London and Hong Kong, as well as a member of the advisory boards of the Oxford Martin School and the Atlantic Council of the USA.[1]
Events Participated in
Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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WEF/Annual Meeting/2004 | 21 January 2004 | 25 January 2004 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2068 billionaires, CEOs and their politicians and "civil society" leaders met under the slogan Partnering for Prosperity and Security. "We have the people who matter," said World Economic Forum Co-Chief Executive Officer José María Figueres. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2006 | 25 January 2006 | 29 January 2006 | Switzerland | Both former US president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates pushed for public-private partnerships. Only a few of the over 2000 participants are known. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2011 | 26 January 2011 | 30 January 2011 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2229 guests in Davos, with the theme: "Shared Norms for the New Reality". |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland | 2113 guests in Davos |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2604 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2017 | 17 January 2017 | 20 January 2017 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 2950 known participants, including prominently Bill Gates. "Offers a platform for the most effective and engaged leaders to achieve common goals for greater societal leadership." |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2019 | 22 January 2019 | 25 January 2019 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | "The reality is that we are in a Cold War [against China] that threatens to turn into a hot one." |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2020 | 21 January 2020 | 24 January 2020 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | This mega-summit of the world's ruling class and their political and media appendages happens every year, but 2020 was special, as the continuous corporate media coverage of COVID-19 started more or less from one day to the next on 20/21 January 2020, coinciding with the start of the meeting. |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2022 | 22 May 2022 | 26 May 2022 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | 1912 guests in Davos |
WEF/Annual Meeting/2023 | 16 January 2023 | 20 January 2023 | World Economic Forum Switzerland | The theme of the meeting was "Cooperation in a Fragmented World" |