Gordon Tang, also known as Yigang Tang, is a Singaporean

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businessman who owns a controlling stake in Singapore-listed property developer SingHaiyi together with his wife Celine Tang, who is CEO of the company. In 1980s, Tang was a professional windsurfer from

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, China. In the early 1990s, Tang and his wife moved to Singapore from

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, China, and the family later became permanent residents. The chairman of SingHaiyi is

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, brother of

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and former US president

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. Tang is the chairman of American Pacific International Capital, Inc. (APIC). Tang and his wife Celine on 24 November 2022 offered to buy out the remaining shares in Singapore-listed Chip Eng Seng which they did not already control in a deal which valued the property developer at approximately S$565 million. Tang owns stakes in Singapore listed companies Suntec Reit, OKH Global and OUE Hospitality. Tang and his wife have been linked to former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who at one time listed a house on Hong Kong's Peak registered to Gordon Tang and his wife Celine as her residential address.

Personal life

Tang and his wife Celine Tang have three children and live in Singapore.

References

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