Nina Wang

This article is about the Hong Kong heirress. For the American judge, see Nina Y. Wang. For the My-Otome character, see Nina Wáng.

Nina Wang
Born
Kung Yu Sum

(1937-09-29)29 September 1937
Shanghai, Republic of China
Died3 April 2007(2007-04-03) (aged 69)
Hong Kong, China
SpouseTeddy Wang (m.1955, missing in 1990, declared legally dead in 1999)
Nina Wang
Traditional Chinese龔如心
Simplified Chinese龚如心
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGōng Rúxīn
Wade–GilesKung Ju-hsin
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggung1 jyu4 sam1

Nina Wang, born Kung Yu Sum (Chinese: 龔如心; pinyin: Gōng Rúxīn) 29 September 1937[1] – 3 April 2007) was Asia's richest woman, with an estimated net worth of US$4.2 billion at the time of her death.[2] She was the widow of Hong Kong chemical magnate Teddy Wang, who was kidnapped and disappeared in 1990.

  1. ^ (in Chinese) 龔如心傳奇一生 Archived 8 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Ming Pao; accessed 4 April 2007.
  2. ^ "# 204: Nina Wang". Forbes.com. 8 March 2007. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.