Paul Cheung Kwok Wing (), a Chinese entrepreneur, is the founder and

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of Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited in

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. Paul Cheung Kwok Wing was born in

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. He worked on a

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with his father at a young age. Later, he moved to Hong Kong and worked at 3M, an

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company, as a

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assistant, courier and

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man one after another. However, he finally quit the job at 3M and decided to develop his own business. With the financial support from his mother, Paul started his

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business by selling

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salt from

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. Later, he founded Kingboard Chemical Holdings and set up factories in Shenzhen for productions of

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. The production line was then expanded to

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, Huizhou and Qingyuan. His company now is the world's largest laminate boards producers and one of the largest

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Kingboard Chemical Holdings Limited

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Paul Kwok Wing Businesspeople from Guangdong People from Bao'an County Hong Kong businesspeople People from Shenzhen Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong