Word: pao
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pao traces his interest in shipping to ] 948, when he fled the threatening Communists in Shanghai, where he worked in a local bank. Settling in Hong Kong, he opened a small import-export business. Relatives urged him to invest in real estate, but he had learned the hard way to prefer investments that were not tied down or vulnerable to government takeover. "I wanted movable assets," he explains. Without knowing port from starboard, he scraped together the down payment for a Liberty-type freighter...
...phenomenal success that has followed is due largely to Pao's ability to undercut his competitors' shipping charges. His advantage stems from the same factors that enable Japanese and Hong Kong manufacturers to push into Western markets with low-priced textiles and TV sets. Pao operates with modern equipment and has a large pool of cheap labor in Hong Kong. While his European competitors scour the Continent for anybody willing to work for seamen's wages, Pao has set up a training school for the lengthening lines of young Chinese eager to go to sea for very...
Banker's Delight. Low overhead and economies of scale have made Pao's fleet attractive to investors who normally steer clear of the speculative shipping market. As a result, Pao has been able to tap, almost at will, the rich and growing capital market in Hong Kong. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp. has been a steady source of his financing. With its backing, Pao charts the course for his 63-ship fleet through a baffling array of tax-haven companies in Liberia and the Bahamas. The empire is managed through Pao's personal company, World-Wide...
...Pao spends fewer than one-third of his working days in his Hong Kong office. More often he can be found in or en route to shipping capitals on three continents. He nonetheless finds time to keep his 5-ft. 8-in. frame down to a trim 160 Ibs. with ritualistic daily swims. Pao is also an avid golfer, keeping a set of clubs in each of the three cities he visits most frequently, Tokyo, London and New York (three of his four daughters attend school in the U.S.). His wife never travels with him on business. Indeed...
...Pao is, like his tycoon contemporaries, well into middle age. What distinguishes him from the other super sealords is the incredible pace at which he has expanded his fleet. With a personal fortune estimated by his business associates at anywhere from $300 million to $800 million, Pao does not ever have to go near a shipyard again. Yet he shows no sign of relaxing. After announcing his latest orders last week in New York, Pao hopped a plane for Tokyo to look for shipyards interested in another maxi-order...