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Dr. Ken Chu - Chairman and CEO of Mission Hills Group
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Born | 1974 (age 42–43) Hong Kong |
Alma mater | Doctor of law (Hon) (Western University) |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Known for | CEO and Chairman of Mission Hills Group; Global Member of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC); National Committee Member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) |
Ken Chu (born 1974) Hong Kong, also known as “Mr. Golf" in China, is the chairman and CEO for Mission Hills Group.
Chu earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from University of Western Ontario, Canada. He is also the youngest to receive Honorary Doctorate of Law Degree for his contribution in sports, leisure developments and community services in Hong Kong and China.
After completion of his studies, Chu joined David Chu's, his father, company Mission Hills Group in the year of 1995. He has led his company to turn the uninhabited periphery of Shenzhen and Dongguan into a golf resort with twelve golf courses designed by top professional golf players, three golf clubhouses, three spa centers, two five-star hotels, two golf academies and one country club with Asia's largest tennis facility (fifty-one tennis courts) and one tennis academy. The Guinness World Records listed Mission Hills as the “World’s Largest Golf Club" in the year of 2004. It was also recognized as a 5A Level Tourist Attraction by CNTA (China National Tourism Administration).
In 2008, Chu planned and executed a project with Chinese Government policy makers on Hainan Island, known as Mission Hills Haikou. Mission Hills Haikou opened to public in 2010 with ten golf courses, each incorporating the native lava rock formations, one 518-room five-star hotel, one golf clubhouse, one golf academy, Hainan's only aquatic theme park with 168-pool volcanic mineral springs and one spa center. The Guinness World Records listed Mission Hills Haikou as the "World's Largest Spa & Mineral Springs".