Peter Woo
Real estate · Hong Kong
Net worth
$14.4B
Today
−$124M−0.85%Past month
+$601M+4.35%As of Nov 11, 2026, 1:50 PM EST
Peter Woo was chairman of property developer Wheelock & Co. and its main subsidiary, Wharf Holdings, before stepping down in 2015. His son Douglas, who is now chairman of Wheelock, took the company private in 2020. Beyond property, Wheelock and Wharf control important telecom, port and retailing assets, including luxury department store chain Lane Crawford. Woo started his career in 1972 with Chase Manhattan Bank in New York, where he met his future wife Bessie, daughter of the shipping tycoon Y.K. Pao. In 1975 he joined her family's business in Hong Kong.
Net worth over time
Principal holdings
7 positions| Company | Industry | Share | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
Wharf Real Estate Investment Company HONG KONG: 1997-HK | Real Estate | 39.0% | $5.6B |
Wharf (Holdings) Ltd. HONG KONG: 4-HK | Real Estate | 37.9% | $5.5B |
Private and other holdings | Real Estate | 15.3% | $2.2B |
Industrial & Commercial Bank of Chin SHANGHAI: 601398-CN | Real Estate | 3.5% | $507M |
Bank of China Ltd. HONG KONG: 3988-HK | Real Estate | 2.2% | $316M |
Longfor Properties HONG KONG: 960-HK | Real Estate | 1.6% | $237M |
Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. MILAN: SFER-IT | Real Estate | 0.5% | $74M |
Also known for
“You see people complain, 'Now we don't want people from the mainland to come here to use our facilities.' To me that's music to my ears when there is demand for your services.”