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| image = Joseph Lau - Yvonnelui3 (cropped).jpg
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| birth_name = Lau Luen-hung
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1951|7|19
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| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
| citizenship = United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-04|title=Holding a foreign passport is fine – as long as no one finds out|url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1941393/holding-foreign-passport-fine-long-no-one-finds-out|access-date=2021-09-18|website=South China Morning Post|language=en |first=Alex |last=Lo}}</ref> <br />Hong Kong
| alma_mater = [[University of Windsor]], Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chineseestates.com/eng/Page/Group+Profile/Board+of+Directors/Chinese+Estates+Holdings+Limited.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080201224942/https://www.chineseestates.com/eng/Page/Group+Profile/Board+of+Directors/Chinese+Estates+Holdings+Limited.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=2008-02-01|title=Executive Directors
|publisher=Chinese Estates Group|year=2008|access-date=1 February 2008}}</ref>
| occupation = Businessman
| spouse = Theresa Po Wing-kam†<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/413182/theresa-po-left-behind-life-medias-gaze |title=Theresa Po left behind a life in media's gaze| work= South China Morning Post}}</ref><br /> (1977–1992, 2 children)<br />Kimbee Chan<br /> (2016–present, 2 children)
| partner = [[Yvonne Lui]] (2002–2014)
| children = 6
| relations = [[Thomas Lau]] (brother)
| office = Chairman of the [[Chinese Estates Holdings]]
| term_start = 12 December 2006
| term_end = 14 March 2014
| predecessor = [[Thomas Lau]]
| successor = Lau Ming Wai
| deputy = Lau Ming Wai
| term_start1 = 1992
| term_end1 = 18 November 1999
| predecessor1 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| successor1 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| office2 = CEO of the [[Chinese Estates Holdings]]
| term_start2 = 11 April 2006
| term_end2 = 14 March 2014
| successor2 = Lau Ming Wai
| office3 = Chairman of the Kwong Sang Hong International Limited
| term_start3 = 24 February 1998
| term_end3 = 18 November 1999
| predecessor3 = Philip Leigh Tose
| successor3 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| office4 = Chairman of Evergo China Holdings Limited
| term_start4 = 1994
| term_end4 = 18 November 1999
| successor4 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| nickname = Big Lau/Elder Lau ({{lang|zh-hant|大劉}})
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{{Infobox Chinese
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|t=劉鑾雄
|s=刘銮雄
|j=lau4 lyun4 hung4
|p=Liú Luánxióng
}}
'''Joseph Lau Luen-hung''' ({{zh|first=t,j|t=劉鑾雄}}; born 21 July 1951) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. Lau is the former chairman of property developer [[Chinese Estates Group|Chinese Estates]]. He is an avid art and wine collector. His fortune is estimated by ''[[Forbes]]'' at $13.3 billion as of September 2021.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Joseph Lau|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-lau/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> In 2014, he became a convicted felon and fugitive in Macau.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2020-02-16|title=Did fugitive tycoon Joseph Lau sell a David Hockney painting for US$30 million?|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3050694/did-fugitive-hong-kong-tycoon-joseph-lau-just-sell|access-date=2020-10-08|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
He lives in one of the [[List of most expensive houses in Hong Kong|most expensive houses in Hong Kong]], at Goldsmith Road, [[Jardine's Lookout]], valued at HK$2.5 billion with Chan Hoi-wan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=【渣甸山大業主】大劉高士美道大屋 1億升至25億 ｜ 蘋果日報 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621185150/https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |archive-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
==Life and career==
Joseph Lau was born on 19 July 1951 in Hong Kong. He has a younger brother [[Thomas Lau|Thomas]] and two younger sisters. Lau attended the [[University of Windsor]] in Canada before returning to join his family's business making electric fans in 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index|language=en|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> In 1978, he renamed the company Evergo Industrial Enterprise. In 1982, the company held an initial public offering in Hong Kong. In 1985, Lau switched Evergo's business focus to investment-holding and property-management services.<ref name=":0" />
Lau became the majority shareholder of [[Chinese Estates Holdings]] when he acquired a 43% stake in the company through Evergo in 1986. Since then, he's expanded his real estate investments through a series of acquisitions.<ref name=":0" /> In 2000, he acquired 67% stake in Chi Cheung Investment.<ref name=":0" />
Chinese Estates Holdings developed [[The One (shopping centre)|The ONE]], the tallest retail complex in Hong Kong, which opened in 2010. In 2017, Lau gifted the property to his wife Kimbie Chan Hoi-wan and their children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguy|first=Dominique|date=27 January 2017|title=Tycoon gifts $18b building to wife|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/179067/Tycoon-gifts-$18b-building-to-wife|website=The Standard}}</ref>
In March 2014, Lau resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Chinese Estates after a Macau court convicted him of bribery and money laundering.<ref name=":0" /> His son Lau Ming-wai acceded to the chairmanship of the company. Sue Chan, the elder sister of Lau's wife Kimbie, became the chief executive of the company Lau founded.<ref name="20151112ejinsight">{{cite web |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20151112-joseph-lau-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ |title=Joseph Lau and the gift that keeps on giving |first=Ben |last=Kwok |date=November 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105816/http://www.ejinsight.com/20151112-joseph-lau-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |website=ejinsight}}</ref>
== Art and wine collections ==
Lau is an avid art collector. He ranks among ''[[ARTnews]]''<nowiki/>'s list of the "Top 200 Collectors."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2017-09-10|title=Top 200 Collectors: Joseph Lau|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/joseph-lau/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, ''Forbes'' has estimated the total value of his art collection at around a $1 billion.<ref name=":1" />
Lau owns the painting ''Everything Must Go'' (1984) by [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-22 |title=Chinese Estates Holdings invests largest Asian-owned commercial development approved by the City of London, UK in the last few |language=en |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-08-22/chinese-estates-holdings-invests-largest-asian-owned-commercial-development-approved-by-the-city-of-london-uk-in-the-last-few |access-date=2023-04-15}}</ref> In 2006, Lau purchased [[Andy Warhol]]'s ''Mao'' (1977), a portrait of [[Mao Zedong]], for $17.4 million at [[Christie's]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 November 2006|title=Warhol's 'Mao' portrait sells for record $17.4M|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/warhol-s-mao-portrait-sells-record-17-4m-wbna15752773|access-date=2021-09-18|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2007, Lau purchased [[Paul Gauguin]]'s ''Te Poipoi (The Morning)'' (1892), a painting of a [[Tahiti]]an scene, for $39.2 million at a [[Sotheby's]] auction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Peers |first=Alexandra |date=8 November 2007 |title=The Night the Art Market Went Bust? |website=[[Portfolio.com]] |url=http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/11/08/Sothebys-Auction/index1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504132330/http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/11/08/Sothebys-Auction/index1.html |archive-date=4 May 2012}}</ref>
In February 2020, Lau offered his David Hockney painting ''[[The Splash]]'' (1966) at Sotheby's contemporary art sale in London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Solomon|first=Tessa|date=2020-01-16|title=Fugitive Billionaire Joseph Lau Revealed as Seller of David Hockney's 'Splash': Report|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/joseph-lau-david-hockney-splash-1202675602/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The painting sold for $29.9 million, which is the third highest price ever achieved for a Hockney at auction.<ref name=":3" />
Lau owns a collection of more than 10,000 bottles of [[red wine]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-05-22|title=Boeing gets 787 order from Hong Kong's Lau|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-businessjet-idUSN2242425020070522|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> In October 2020, the sales of Lau's French wines at Sotheby's in Hong Kong brought a total of $6.8 million, more than doubling pre-sale expectations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Natalie|date=2020-10-07|title=Sotheby's achieved 'white glove' sales from fugitive HK billionaire wine collection|url=https://vino-joy.com/2020/10/07/sothebys-achieved-white-glove-sales-from-fugitive-hk-billionaire-wine-collection/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Vino Joy News|language=en-GB}}</ref> Following the success of the sale, Lau sold 147 lots (533 bottles in total) again at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wines from the Cellar of Joseph Lau Part II 劉鑾雄窖藏佳釀（第二部份）|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/wines-from-the-cellar-of-joseph-lau-part-ii|website=Sotheby's}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=Sotheby's Hong Kong spring sale ends on a high note|url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/04/sothebys-spring-sale-ended-at-high-note/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=The Drinks Business|language=en-US}}</ref> The sale brought a total of $6.8 million, also doubling its pre-sale estimate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Natalie|date=2021-04-19|title=US$6.8m wines from Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau sold out|url=https://vino-joy.com/2021/04/19/us6-8m-wines-from-hong-kong-billionaire-joseph-lau-sold-out/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Vino Joy News|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Lau married Po Wing-kam (1954–2003) in 1977 and they were divorced in 1992. They had two children: a son, Lau Ming-wai (born 1979 Dec) and daughter Jade Lau Sau-yung (born 1983). In 2008, Lau Ming-wai's wife gave birth to twins; they are Lau's eldest grandchildren. Lau Ming-wai, a British citizen, is vice-chairman of [[Chinese Estates Group]] and is both chairman of the government's Commission on Youth and on the steering committee of the HK$10 billion [[Community Care Fund]], established in 2010.<ref>[https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/20/panama-papers-future-political-star-and-heung-yee-kuk-lawmaker-have-british-nationality/ Panama Papers: Future political star and Heung Yee Kuk lawmaker have British nationality], Hong Kong Free Press, 20 April 2016</ref> He was formerly a member of the Commission on Poverty. In 2011, he was part of [[Henry Tang]]'s election team for the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012 chief executive election]].<ref>Lo, Alex (28 November 2011). [http://www.scmp.com/article/986189/man-henry-tangs-coat-tails "The man on Henry Tang's coat-tails"], ''South China Morning Post''.</ref>
Lau had five additional children with two women concurrently out of wedlock, two with Yvonne Lui and three with Kimbee Chan (aka Chan Hoi-wan).<ref name="20101028forbes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2010/10/28/tycoons-two-girlfriends-seek-1-4-billion-of-aia-shares/|title=Tycoon's Two Girlfriends Seek $1.4 Billion of AIA Shares|first=Robert|last=Olsen|work=Forbes|date=28 October 2010|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>
In May 2007, Lau was revealed to be among the first seven purchasers of a [[Boeing 787]] Dreamliner jet for private use.<ref name="abcnews">{{Cite news|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3200271|title=ABC News|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |accessdate=12 August 2022|archive-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629024132/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3200271|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2009, Lau bought a 7.03 carat blue diamond for his daughter Josephine, that he named the "Star of Josephine" at [[Sotheby's]] for $9.5 million.<ref name="GuardNov15">{{cite news |url=http://www.luxuo.com/most-expensive/1-million-coupon-palm-beach.html |title=Billionaire buys 7-year-old daughter Blue Moon diamond for record $48m |date=12 November 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>
In November 2015, Lau bought two expensive diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Crooked tycoon buys daughter $77M in diamonds at auctions|date=12 November 2015 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-moon-pink-diamond-hong-kong-billionaire-joseph-lau-auctions/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Diamond">{{cite news|title=What a gem: Hong Kong tycoon buys daughter $48 mn diamond|url=https://news.yahoo.com/gem-hong-kong-tycoon-buys-daughter-48-mn-043248101.html|access-date=12 November 2015|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Yahoo News|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> On 10 November, he bought a 16.08 carat pink diamond at Christie's for $28.5 million.<ref name="Diamond" /> The next day, Lau bought a 12.03 carat blue diamond at Sotheby's for $48.4 million, setting new records for the most expensive jewel sold at auction and the most expensive diamond ever.<ref name="Diamond" /> He subsequently renamed them the "[[Sweet Josephine Diamond|Sweet Josephine]]" and the "[[Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond|Blue Moon of Josephine]]" respectively after his daughter.<ref name="Diamond" />
On 7 December 2016, Lau married Kimbee Chan in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/finance/20161214/56047751|script-title=zh:【承認身份】大劉娶甘比 共同持有200億元華置股份|website=Apple Daily|language=zh|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162337/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/finance/20161214/56047751|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2017, citing serious health issues, the business tycoon has transferred his 75% shares in Chinese Estates to his new wife and his son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-lau/?list=billionaires|title=Joseph Lau|website=Forbes|access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>
==Legal issues==
On 31 May 2012, the [[Court of Final Appeal (Macau)|Macau Court of Final Appeal]] confirmed that Lau and [[Steven Lo]] were involved in the case of offering Macau's former public works chief [[Ao Man-long]] HK$20 million over the bid for five plots of land opposite [[Macau International Airport]]. Lau and Lo were charged with bribery and money laundering. They both denied the charges and Lo earlier told the court that the HK$20 million was a preliminary payment to construction company San Meng Fai.
On 14 March 2014 Lau and Lo were found guilty of the charges against them in Macau's [[Legal system of Macau#High Court|Court of First Instance]]. Lau was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, but he appealed.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 March 2014|title=Billionaire Lau Guilty of Bribery, Corruption in Macau|publisher=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-14/billionaire-lau-guilty-of-bribery-corruption-in-macau|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref> However, on 19 July 2015, the [[Legal system of Macau#High Court|Court of Second Instance]] rejected his and Lo's appeals and let the length of their prison terms stand.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lai|first1=Stephanie|date=19 July 2015|title=Court of Second Instance rejects appeal lodged by Joseph Lau, Steven Lo|work=Macau Business Daily|url=http://macaubusinessdaily.com/Politics/Court-Second-Instance-rejects-appeal-lodged-Joseph-Lau-Steven-Lo|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref> Lau has so far evaded extradition and remains as a fugitive at large, as Macau and Hong Kong do not have an [[extradition]] treaty.<ref name=Diamond />
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| birth_place = [[British Hong Kong]]
| citizenship = United Kingdom<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-05-04|title=Holding a foreign passport is fine – as long as no one finds out|url=https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1941393/holding-foreign-passport-fine-long-no-one-finds-out|access-date=2021-09-18|website=South China Morning Post|language=en |first=Alex |last=Lo}}</ref> <br />Hong Kong
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| occupation = Businessman
| spouse = Theresa Po Wing-kam†<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/article/413182/theresa-po-left-behind-life-medias-gaze |title=Theresa Po left behind a life in media's gaze| work= South China Morning Post}}</ref><br /> (1977–1992, 2 children)<br />Kimbee Chan<br /> (2016–present, 2 children)
| partner = [[Yvonne Lui]] (2002–2014)
| children = 6
| relations = [[Thomas Lau]] (brother)
| office = Chairman of the [[Chinese Estates Holdings]]
| term_start = 12 December 2006
| term_end = 14 March 2014
| predecessor = [[Thomas Lau]]
| successor = Lau Ming Wai
| deputy = Lau Ming Wai
| term_start1 = 1992
| term_end1 = 18 November 1999
| predecessor1 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| successor1 = [[Thomas Lau]]
| office2 = CEO of the [[Chinese Estates Holdings]]
| term_start2 = 11 April 2006
| term_end2 = 14 March 2014
| successor2 = Lau Ming Wai
| office3 = Chairman of the Kwong Sang Hong International Limited
| term_start3 = 24 February 1998
| term_end3 = 18 November 1999
| predecessor3 = Philip Leigh Tose
| successor3 = [[Thomas Lau]]
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| successor4 = [[Thomas Lau]]
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'''Joseph Lau Luen-hung''' ({{zh|first=t,j|t=劉鑾雄}}; born 21 July 1951) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. Lau is the former chairman of property developer [[Chinese Estates Group|Chinese Estates]]. He is an avid art and wine collector. His fortune is estimated by ''[[Forbes]]'' at $13.3 billion as of September 2021.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Joseph Lau|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-lau/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref> In 2014, he became a convicted felon and fugitive in Macau.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2020-02-16|title=Did fugitive tycoon Joseph Lau sell a David Hockney painting for US$30 million?|url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3050694/did-fugitive-hong-kong-tycoon-joseph-lau-just-sell|access-date=2020-10-08|website=South China Morning Post|language=en}}</ref>
He lives in one of the [[List of most expensive houses in Hong Kong|most expensive houses in Hong Kong]], at Goldsmith Road, [[Jardine's Lookout]], valued at HK$2.5 billion with Chan Hoi-wan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-21 |title=【渣甸山大業主】大劉高士美道大屋 1億升至25億 ｜ 蘋果日報 |url=https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621185150/https://hk.appledaily.com/finance/20180615/65Y5EC5GAUAVUOT75WR2ZZLDLU/ |archive-date=21 June 2021 }}</ref>
==Life and career==
Joseph Lau was born on 19 July 1951 in Hong Kong. He has a younger brother [[Thomas Lau|Thomas]] and two younger sisters. Lau attended the [[University of Windsor]] in Canada before returning to join his family's business making electric fans in 1974.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Bloomberg Billionaires Index|language=en|publisher=Bloomberg L.P.|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> In 1978, he renamed the company Evergo Industrial Enterprise. In 1982, the company held an initial public offering in Hong Kong. In 1985, Lau switched Evergo's business focus to investment-holding and property-management services.<ref name=":0" />
Lau became the majority shareholder of [[Chinese Estates Holdings]] when he acquired a 43% stake in the company through Evergo in 1986. Since then, he's expanded his real estate investments through a series of acquisitions.<ref name=":0" /> In 2000, he acquired 67% stake in Chi Cheung Investment.<ref name=":0" />
Chinese Estates Holdings developed [[The One (shopping centre)|The ONE]], the tallest retail complex in Hong Kong, which opened in 2010. In 2017, Lau gifted the property to his wife Kimbie Chan Hoi-wan and their children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nguy|first=Dominique|date=27 January 2017|title=Tycoon gifts $18b building to wife|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/179067/Tycoon-gifts-$18b-building-to-wife|website=The Standard}}</ref>
In March 2014, Lau resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Chinese Estates after a Macau court convicted him of bribery and money laundering.<ref name=":0" /> His son Lau Ming-wai acceded to the chairmanship of the company. Sue Chan, the elder sister of Lau's wife Kimbie, became the chief executive of the company Lau founded.<ref name="20151112ejinsight">{{cite web |url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20151112-joseph-lau-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ |title=Joseph Lau and the gift that keeps on giving |first=Ben |last=Kwok |date=November 12, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105816/http://www.ejinsight.com/20151112-joseph-lau-the-gift-that-keeps-on-giving/ |archive-date=4 March 2016 |website=ejinsight}}</ref>
== Art and wine collections ==
Lau is an avid art collector. He ranks among ''[[ARTnews]]''<nowiki/>'s list of the "Top 200 Collectors."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2017-09-10|title=Top 200 Collectors: Joseph Lau|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-collectors/top-200-profiles/joseph-lau/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2017, ''Forbes'' has estimated the total value of his art collection at around a $1 billion.<ref name=":1" />
Lau owns the painting ''Everything Must Go'' (1984) by [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-08-22 |title=Chinese Estates Holdings invests largest Asian-owned commercial development approved by the City of London, UK in the last few |language=en |publisher=Bloomberg L.P. |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2022-08-22/chinese-estates-holdings-invests-largest-asian-owned-commercial-development-approved-by-the-city-of-london-uk-in-the-last-few |access-date=2023-04-15}}</ref> In 2006, Lau purchased [[Andy Warhol]]'s ''Mao'' (1977), a portrait of [[Mao Zedong]], for $17.4 million at [[Christie's]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=16 November 2006|title=Warhol's 'Mao' portrait sells for record $17.4M|url=https://www.today.com/popculture/warhol-s-mao-portrait-sells-record-17-4m-wbna15752773|access-date=2021-09-18|website=TODAY.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2007, Lau purchased [[Paul Gauguin]]'s ''Te Poipoi (The Morning)'' (1892), a painting of a [[Tahiti]]an scene, for $39.2 million at a [[Sotheby's]] auction.<ref>{{cite web |last=Peers |first=Alexandra |date=8 November 2007 |title=The Night the Art Market Went Bust? |website=[[Portfolio.com]] |url=http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/11/08/Sothebys-Auction/index1.html |url-status=dead |access-date=9 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120504132330/http://www.portfolio.com/culture-lifestyle/culture-inc/arts/2007/11/08/Sothebys-Auction/index1.html |archive-date=4 May 2012}}</ref>
In February 2020, Lau offered his David Hockney painting ''[[The Splash]]'' (1966) at Sotheby's contemporary art sale in London.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Solomon|first=Tessa|date=2020-01-16|title=Fugitive Billionaire Joseph Lau Revealed as Seller of David Hockney's 'Splash': Report|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/joseph-lau-david-hockney-splash-1202675602/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The painting sold for $29.9 million, which is the third highest price ever achieved for a Hockney at auction.<ref name=":3" />
Lau owns a collection of more than 10,000 bottles of [[red wine]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2007-05-22|title=Boeing gets 787 order from Hong Kong's Lau|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-boeing-businessjet-idUSN2242425020070522|access-date=2021-09-18}}</ref> In October 2020, the sales of Lau's French wines at Sotheby's in Hong Kong brought a total of $6.8 million, more than doubling pre-sale expectations.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Natalie|date=2020-10-07|title=Sotheby's achieved 'white glove' sales from fugitive HK billionaire wine collection|url=https://vino-joy.com/2020/10/07/sothebys-achieved-white-glove-sales-from-fugitive-hk-billionaire-wine-collection/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Vino Joy News|language=en-GB}}</ref> Following the success of the sale, Lau sold 147 lots (533 bottles in total) again at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wines from the Cellar of Joseph Lau Part II 劉鑾雄窖藏佳釀（第二部份）|url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/wines-from-the-cellar-of-joseph-lau-part-ii|website=Sotheby's}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-20|title=Sotheby's Hong Kong spring sale ends on a high note|url=https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2021/04/sothebys-spring-sale-ended-at-high-note/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=The Drinks Business|language=en-US}}</ref> The sale brought a total of $6.8 million, also doubling its pre-sale estimate.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Natalie|date=2021-04-19|title=US$6.8m wines from Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau sold out|url=https://vino-joy.com/2021/04/19/us6-8m-wines-from-hong-kong-billionaire-joseph-lau-sold-out/|access-date=2021-09-18|website=Vino Joy News|language=en-GB}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Lau married Po Wing-kam (1954–2003) in 1977 and they were divorced in 1992. They had two children: a son, Lau Ming-wai (born 1979 Dec) and daughter Jade Lau Sau-yung (born 1983). In 2008, Lau Ming-wai's wife gave birth to twins; they are Lau's eldest grandchildren. Lau Ming-wai, a British citizen, is vice-chairman of [[Chinese Estates Group]] and is both chairman of the government's Commission on Youth and on the steering committee of the HK$10 billion [[Community Care Fund]], established in 2010.<ref>[https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/04/20/panama-papers-future-political-star-and-heung-yee-kuk-lawmaker-have-british-nationality/ Panama Papers: Future political star and Heung Yee Kuk lawmaker have British nationality], Hong Kong Free Press, 20 April 2016</ref> He was formerly a member of the Commission on Poverty. In 2011, he was part of [[Henry Tang]]'s election team for the [[2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election|2012 chief executive election]].<ref>Lo, Alex (28 November 2011). [http://www.scmp.com/article/986189/man-henry-tangs-coat-tails "The man on Henry Tang's coat-tails"], ''South China Morning Post''.</ref>
Lau had five additional children with two women concurrently out of wedlock, two with Yvonne Lui and three with Kimbee Chan (aka Chan Hoi-wan).<ref name="20101028forbes">{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2010/10/28/tycoons-two-girlfriends-seek-1-4-billion-of-aia-shares/|title=Tycoon's Two Girlfriends Seek $1.4 Billion of AIA Shares|first=Robert|last=Olsen|work=Forbes|date=28 October 2010|access-date=21 June 2013}}</ref>
In May 2007, Lau was revealed to be among the first seven purchasers of a [[Boeing 787]] Dreamliner jet for private use.<ref name="abcnews">{{Cite news|url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3200271|title=ABC News|publisher=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |accessdate=12 August 2022|archive-date=29 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629024132/http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=3200271|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2009, Lau bought a 7.03 carat blue diamond for his daughter Josephine, that he named the "Star of Josephine" at [[Sotheby's]] for $9.5 million.<ref name="GuardNov15">{{cite news |url=http://www.luxuo.com/most-expensive/1-million-coupon-palm-beach.html |title=Billionaire buys 7-year-old daughter Blue Moon diamond for record $48m |date=12 November 2015 |work=The Guardian |access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref>
In November 2015, Lau bought two expensive diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine.<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=Crooked tycoon buys daughter $77M in diamonds at auctions|date=12 November 2015 |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/blue-moon-pink-diamond-hong-kong-billionaire-joseph-lau-auctions/|publisher=CBS News|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref name="Diamond">{{cite news|title=What a gem: Hong Kong tycoon buys daughter $48 mn diamond|url=https://news.yahoo.com/gem-hong-kong-tycoon-buys-daughter-48-mn-043248101.html|access-date=12 November 2015|agency=Agence France-Presse|publisher=Yahoo News|date=12 November 2015}}</ref> On 10 November, he bought a 16.08 carat pink diamond at Christie's for $28.5 million.<ref name="Diamond" /> The next day, Lau bought a 12.03 carat blue diamond at Sotheby's for $48.4 million, setting new records for the most expensive jewel sold at auction and the most expensive diamond ever.<ref name="Diamond" /> He subsequently renamed them the "[[Sweet Josephine Diamond|Sweet Josephine]]" and the "[[Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond|Blue Moon of Josephine]]" respectively after his daughter.<ref name="Diamond" />
On 7 December 2016, Lau married Kimbee Chan in Hong Kong.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/finance/20161214/56047751|script-title=zh:【承認身份】大劉娶甘比 共同持有200億元華置股份|website=Apple Daily|language=zh|access-date=21 December 2016|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221162337/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/finance/20161214/56047751|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2017, citing serious health issues, the business tycoon has transferred his 75% shares in Chinese Estates to his new wife and his son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/joseph-lau/?list=billionaires|title=Joseph Lau|website=Forbes|access-date=7 May 2017}}</ref>
==Legal issues==
On 31 May 2012, the [[Court of Final Appeal (Macau)|Macau Court of Final Appeal]] confirmed that Lau and [[Steven Lo]] were involved in the case of offering Macau's former public works chief [[Ao Man-long]] HK$20 million over the bid for five plots of land opposite [[Macau International Airport]]. Lau and Lo were charged with bribery and money laundering. They both denied the charges and Lo earlier told the court that the HK$20 million was a preliminary payment to construction company San Meng Fai.
On 14 March 2014 Lau and Lo were found guilty of the charges against them in Macau's [[Legal system of Macau#High Court|Court of First Instance]]. Lau was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, but he appealed.<ref>{{cite news|date=14 March 2014|title=Billionaire Lau Guilty of Bribery, Corruption in Macau|publisher=Bloomberg News|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-03-14/billionaire-lau-guilty-of-bribery-corruption-in-macau|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref> However, on 19 July 2015, the [[Legal system of Macau#High Court|Court of Second Instance]] rejected his and Lo's appeals and let the length of their prison terms stand.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lai|first1=Stephanie|date=19 July 2015|title=Court of Second Instance rejects appeal lodged by Joseph Lau, Steven Lo|work=Macau Business Daily|url=http://macaubusinessdaily.com/Politics/Court-Second-Instance-rejects-appeal-lodged-Joseph-Lau-Steven-Lo|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref> Lau has so far evaded extradition and remains as a fugitive at large, as Macau and Hong Kong do not have an [[extradition]] treaty.<ref name=Diamond />
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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chinese_Estates_Holdings" title="Chinese Estates Holdings">Chinese Estates Holdings</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />12 December 2006 – 14 March 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Lau Ming Wai</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lau Ming Wai</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1992 – 18 November 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">CEO of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chinese_Estates_Holdings" title="Chinese Estates Holdings">Chinese Estates Holdings</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />11 April 2006 – 14 March 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Lau Ming Wai</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of the Kwong Sang Hong International Limited</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />24 February 1998 – 18 November 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Philip Leigh Tose</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chairman of Evergo China Holdings Limited</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1994 – 18 November 1999</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237879389"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">
</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Lau Luen-hung</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1951-07-19</span>) </span>19 July 1951<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 73)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/enwiki/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">British Hong Kong</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Citizenship</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <br />Hong Kong</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Theresa Po Wing-kam†<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /> (1977–1992, 2 children)<br />Kimbee Chan<br /> (2016–present, 2 children)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic partner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Yvonne_Lui" title="Yvonne Lui">Yvonne Lui</a> (2002–2014)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas Lau</a> (brother)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Windsor" title="University of Windsor">University of Windsor</a>, Canada<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data">Businessman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname</th><td class="infobox-data">Big Lau/Elder Lau (<span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant">大劉</span></span>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>
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<p><b>Joseph Lau Luen-hung</b> (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">劉鑾雄</span>; born 21 July 1951) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman. Lau is the former chairman of property developer <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chinese_Estates_Group" title="Chinese Estates Group">Chinese Estates</a>. He is an avid art and wine collector. His fortune is estimated by <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a></i> at $13.3 billion as of September 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2014, he became a convicted felon and fugitive in Macau.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>He lives in one of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_houses_in_Hong_Kong" title="List of most expensive houses in Hong Kong">most expensive houses in Hong Kong</a>, at Goldsmith Road, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jardine%27s_Lookout" title="Jardine's Lookout">Jardine's Lookout</a>, valued at HK$2.5 billion with Chan Hoi-wan.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Joseph Lau was born on 19 July 1951 in Hong Kong. He has a younger brother <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Thomas_Lau" title="Thomas Lau">Thomas</a> and two younger sisters. Lau attended the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Windsor" title="University of Windsor">University of Windsor</a> in Canada before returning to join his family's business making electric fans in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1978, he renamed the company Evergo Industrial Enterprise. In 1982, the company held an initial public offering in Hong Kong. In 1985, Lau switched Evergo's business focus to investment-holding and property-management services.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Lau became the majority shareholder of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chinese_Estates_Holdings" title="Chinese Estates Holdings">Chinese Estates Holdings</a> when he acquired a 43% stake in the company through Evergo in 1986. Since then, he's expanded his real estate investments through a series of acquisitions.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2000, he acquired 67% stake in Chi Cheung Investment.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Chinese Estates Holdings developed <a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_One_(shopping_centre)" title="The One (shopping centre)">The ONE</a>, the tallest retail complex in Hong Kong, which opened in 2010. In 2017, Lau gifted the property to his wife Kimbie Chan Hoi-wan and their children.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In March 2014, Lau resigned from his positions as chairman and CEO of Chinese Estates after a Macau court convicted him of bribery and money laundering.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_8-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son Lau Ming-wai acceded to the chairmanship of the company. Sue Chan, the elder sister of Lau's wife Kimbie, became the chief executive of the company Lau founded.<sup id="cite_ref-20151112ejinsight_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20151112ejinsight-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Lau is an avid art collector. He ranks among <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/ARTnews" title="ARTnews">ARTnews</a></i>'s list of the "Top 200 Collectors."<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2017, <i>Forbes</i> has estimated the total value of his art collection at around a $1 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Lau owns the painting <i>Everything Must Go</i> (1984) by <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat" title="Jean-Michel Basquiat">Jean-Michel Basquiat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2006, Lau purchased <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Andy_Warhol" title="Andy Warhol">Andy Warhol</a>'s <i>Mao</i> (1977), a portrait of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a>, for $17.4 million at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Christie%27s" title="Christie's">Christie's</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2007, Lau purchased <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Paul_Gauguin" title="Paul Gauguin">Paul Gauguin</a>'s <i>Te Poipoi (The Morning)</i> (1892), a painting of a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tahiti" title="Tahiti">Tahitian</a> scene, for $39.2 million at a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sotheby%27s" title="Sotheby's">Sotheby's</a> auction.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In February 2020, Lau offered his David Hockney painting <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Splash" title="The Splash">The Splash</a></i> (1966) at Sotheby's contemporary art sale in London.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The painting sold for $29.9 million, which is the third highest price ever achieved for a Hockney at auction.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Lau owns a collection of more than 10,000 bottles of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Red_wine" title="Red wine">red wine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2020, the sales of Lau's French wines at Sotheby's in Hong Kong brought a total of $6.8 million, more than doubling pre-sale expectations.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the success of the sale, Lau sold 147 lots (533 bottles in total) again at Sotheby's in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sale brought a total of $6.8 million, also doubling its pre-sale estimate.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Lau married Po Wing-kam (1954–2003) in 1977 and they were divorced in 1992. They had two children: a son, Lau Ming-wai (born 1979 Dec) and daughter Jade Lau Sau-yung (born 1983). In 2008, Lau Ming-wai's wife gave birth to twins; they are Lau's eldest grandchildren. Lau Ming-wai, a British citizen, is vice-chairman of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chinese_Estates_Group" title="Chinese Estates Group">Chinese Estates Group</a> and is both chairman of the government's Commission on Youth and on the steering committee of the HK$10 billion <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Community_Care_Fund" title="Community Care Fund">Community Care Fund</a>, established in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was formerly a member of the Commission on Poverty. In 2011, he was part of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Henry_Tang" title="Henry Tang">Henry Tang</a>'s election team for the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/2012_Hong_Kong_Chief_Executive_election" title="2012 Hong Kong Chief Executive election">2012 chief executive election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Lau had five additional children with two women concurrently out of wedlock, two with Yvonne Lui and three with Kimbee Chan (aka Chan Hoi-wan).<sup id="cite_ref-20101028forbes_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20101028forbes-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In May 2007, Lau was revealed to be among the first seven purchasers of a <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Boeing_787" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing 787">Boeing 787</a> Dreamliner jet for private use.<sup id="cite_ref-abcnews_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-abcnews-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2009, Lau bought a 7.03 carat blue diamond for his daughter Josephine, that he named the "Star of Josephine" at <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sotheby%27s" title="Sotheby's">Sotheby's</a> for $9.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-GuardNov15_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardNov15-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In November 2015, Lau bought two expensive diamonds for his 7-year-old daughter Josephine.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Diamond_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diamond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 November, he bought a 16.08 carat pink diamond at Christie's for $28.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-Diamond_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diamond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next day, Lau bought a 12.03 carat blue diamond at Sotheby's for $48.4 million, setting new records for the most expensive jewel sold at auction and the most expensive diamond ever.<sup id="cite_ref-Diamond_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diamond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He subsequently renamed them the "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sweet_Josephine_Diamond" class="mw-redirect" title="Sweet Josephine Diamond">Sweet Josephine</a>" and the "<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Blue_Moon_of_Josephine_Diamond" class="mw-redirect" title="Blue Moon of Josephine Diamond">Blue Moon of Josephine</a>" respectively after his daughter.<sup id="cite_ref-Diamond_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diamond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>On 7 December 2016, Lau married Kimbee Chan in Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
In 2017, citing serious health issues, the business tycoon has transferred his 75% shares in Chinese Estates to his new wife and his son.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_issues">Legal issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Lau&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Legal issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div>
<p>On 31 May 2012, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Court_of_Final_Appeal_(Macau)" class="mw-redirect" title="Court of Final Appeal (Macau)">Macau Court of Final Appeal</a> confirmed that Lau and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Steven_Lo" title="Steven Lo">Steven Lo</a> were involved in the case of offering Macau's former public works chief <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ao_Man-long" class="mw-redirect" title="Ao Man-long">Ao Man-long</a> HK$20 million over the bid for five plots of land opposite <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Macau_International_Airport" title="Macau International Airport">Macau International Airport</a>. Lau and Lo were charged with bribery and money laundering. They both denied the charges and Lo earlier told the court that the HK$20 million was a preliminary payment to construction company San Meng Fai.
</p><p>On 14 March 2014 Lau and Lo were found guilty of the charges against them in Macau's <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Legal_system_of_Macau#High_Court" title="Legal system of Macau">Court of First Instance</a>. Lau was sentenced to five years and three months in prison, but he appealed.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 19 July 2015, the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Legal_system_of_Macau#High_Court" title="Legal system of Macau">Court of Second Instance</a> rejected his and Lo's appeals and let the length of their prison terms stand.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lau has so far evaded extradition and remains as a fugitive at large, as Macau and Hong Kong do not have an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Extradition" title="Extradition">extradition</a> treaty.<sup id="cite_ref-Diamond_27-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Diamond-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Joseph_Lau&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div>
<p>this guy is a scammer
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