Robert Wang was born in Ningbo. Shortly after his birth his parents moved to Shanghai by crossing the Hangzhou Bay at the mouth of the Yangtze River and from there eventually emigrated to Hong Kong. He is a solicitor by training and, like many of his clansmen from Ningbo, an entrepreneur at heart. He founded the firm of Robert W.H. Wang & Co., Solicitors & Notaries, in the late 1970s and grew it to be one of Hong Kongs largest, with offices also in Singapore and London. He is an Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary of London University, his alma mater.
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Walking the Tycoons' Rope offers a Peeping Tom-like view of Hong Kong's most well-known tycoons and their unlovely world. Shudder-inducing glimpses into familiar personalities, business dealings, family relationships and value systems turn this book - like all well-documented train wrecks - into truly compulsive reading. ... This excellent memoir has enduring social history value. South China Morning Post A cautionary tale of greed and ambition and also a fascinating look back at a Hong Kong that no longer exists - that tantalizing, Westernized city of dreams for mainland immigrants who managed to escape the Spartan world of communism under Mao Zedong. ... Publication could not be more timely, coinciding as it does with a growing resentment among ordinary people toward the tycoon class in Hong Kong, which now has the largest wealth gap in the developed world. Asia Times The insider's guide to understanding Hong Kong's tycoon scene. Hong Kong Tatler A riveting read. -- Sir Run Run Shaw, Founder, Shaw Prize