{{short description|Hong Kong businessman}} {{Family name hatnote|[[He (surname)|Ho]]|George Ho|Ho Cho-chi|lang=Hong Kong}} {{Infobox person | name = George Ho Cho-chi<br />何佐芝 | image = | caption = | birth_name = | other_names = Ho Sai Yee (何世義) | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1919|11|3}} | birth_place = [[United States]]<ref name="dies"/> | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|6|4|1919|11|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Hong Kong]] | occupation = [[Entrepreneur]] | boards = [[Commercial Radio Hong Kong]] | years_active = | spouse = | children = 1 | parents = [[Robert Hotung]] | relatives = | alma_mater = [[King's College, Hong Kong]]<br>[[University of California, Berkeley]] }} {{Infobox Chinese |title = George Ho Cho-chi |c = 何佐芝 |p = Hé Zuǒzhī |w = Hó Tsǒ-chīh |mi = <!-- {{IPA-c|h|e|2|-|z|uo|3|zh|i|5}} --> |j = Ho4 Zo3zi1 |y = Ho4 Jo3ji1 }} '''George Ho Cho-chi''', <small>[[Gold Bauhinia Star|GBS]], [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]], [[Justice of Peace|JP]]</small> (3 November 1919 – 4 June 2014) was a [[Hong Kong]] [[media mogul]]. The fifth son of the influential businessman [[Robert Hotung]],<ref name="dies"/> George Ho was the founder of the [[Commercial Radio Hong Kong]] and [[Commercial Television (TV station)|Commercial Television]]<ref name="dies">{{cite news|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=50163&icid=a&d_str= |title=Commercial Radio founder George Ho dies at 95 |newspaper=Hong Kong Standard |date=4 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607005517/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=50163&icid=a&d_str= |archivedate=2014-06-07 }}</ref> with his low key business partner, David Miao who was a major shareholder.
==Family and career== George Ho was the illegitimate son of [[Robert Hotung]], then the most influential Eurasian compradore in Hong Kong, and Kate Archer. George was bequeathed a substantial amount of money directly and indirectly.<ref name="Hotung"/> His grandfather through Robert Hotung was a [[History of Jews in the Netherlands|Jewish Dutch]] man, Charles Henry Maurice Bosman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.clement-jones.com/ps02/ps02_340.htm |title=Charles Henri Maurice BOSMAN |access-date=2016-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822055907/http://www.clement-jones.com/ps02/ps02_340.htm |archive-date=2016-08-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> George Ho studied at [[King's College, Hong Kong]]<ref name="scmp"/> and the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1525301/commercial-radios-founder-george-ho-ho-chi-dies-aged-95|title=Commercial Radio's founder George Ho Ho-chi dies aged 95|date=4 June 2014|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news-tags/george-ho-ho-chi|title=George Ho Ho-chi|website=Asian RadioToday|access-date=2019-06-28|archive-date=2019-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628003846/http://www.asiaradiotoday.com/news-tags/george-ho-ho-chi|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=79|title=Chinese Family Business and the Equal Inheritance System: Unravelling the Myth|first=Victor|last=Zheng|year=2009|publisher=Routledge}}</ref>
Instead of joining the family flagship company, George Ho founded his own business, [[Commercial Radio Hong Kong]] by obtaining a radio broadcasting licence through the connections and HK$50,000 inheritance from his father. George Ho gradually became an influential tycoon in the colony.<ref name="Hotung">{{cite book|page=41|title=Chinese Family Business and the Equal Inheritance System: Unravelling the Myth|first=Victor|last=Zheng|year=2009|publisher=Routledge}}</ref> He branched out into television, founding [[Commercial Television (TV station)|Commercial Television]] in 1975. But the station closed three years later.<ref name="scmp"/>
He had also been director of [[Jardine Matheson Holdings]], [[Hongkong Land]] and [[East Asia Bank|Bank of East Asia]].
In 2001, George Ho was awarded a [[Gold Bauhinia Star]] for his contribution to society.<ref name="scmp">{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1525301/commercial-radios-founder-and-honourary-chairman-george-ho-ho-chi|title=Commercial Radio's founder George Ho Ho-chi dies aged 95|first=Phila|last=Siu|date=4 June 2014}}</ref>
George Ho had 2 children. His older daughter, Linda, attended St. Paul's Co-educational College and his son George, 2 years younger than Linda, attended St. Stephen's College in Stanley before attending St. Paul's Co-educational College at Form 6.
His son, George Joseph Ho, succeeded him as chairman of Commercial Radio.
==See also== * [[Hotung family]]
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Hotung family}} {{Authority control}}
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