EuromoneyChina 2004 Kings of Capital
Guo Hao and family - EuromoneyChina 2004 Kings of Capital:No.10
| age: | 49 |
| flagship listed company: | Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings |
| head office: | HK |
| No. of listed companies: | 1 |
| listed company | market value US $m | exchange | listing code | date listed | performance compared with market | head office |
| Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings | 841 | HK | 0682 | Dec-00 | -3% | Fujian |
| personal info: | Whilst vegetables (broccoli, choi sum, sweet corn cabbage and celery) remain its mainstay, Chaoda this year has been expanding its livestock and supermarket businesses, the latter to seven outlets. With its sales last year of US$180 million (2002: US$140 million) and paying taxes of US$3.4 million, Chaoda gives work to 11, 000 people. Guo, in the army for much of his teens, set up on his own in 1984 trading electronics, before launching into organic agriculture in 1994. |
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