Carson Yeung
- January 5, 2024
- Business Executive
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Carson Yeung |
| Occupation | Business Executive |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 27, 1960(1960-02-27) |
| Age | 64 |
| Country | China |
| Birth City | Hong Kong |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Carson Yeung Biography
| Name | Carson Yeung |
| Birthday | Feb 27 |
| Birth Year | 1960 |
| Home Town | Hong Kong |
| Birth Country | China |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Parents | Yeung Chung |
| Spouse | Joanna Wang Man-li |
| Children(s) | Alexandar Yeung, Ryan Yeung, Camilla Yeung |
Carson Yeung is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on February 27, 1960 in Hong Kong, China. This Hong Kong-born business executive was president of Birmingham International Holdings before being convicted for money laundering.
Both he and Paraguayan businessman Horacio Carttes were the subject of money laundering investigations.
At the age of 12 he moved to London before returning to Hong Kong to work. Up until the 1990s he was in a Tsim Sha Tsui barber shop called “Vanity”, and was trained as a hairdresser.
Yeung began his investment career making his first fortune in the Hong Kong Real Estate industry. In 1997, he began having financial trouble caused by the Asian financial crisis. He tried to recover by investing in penny stocks in 1999 to use shares to cover failed shares.
He was born Carson Yeung Ka Sing, Hong Kong. Later, he lived in London.
Carson Yeung Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Business Executive |
| House | Living in own house. |
Carson Yeung is one of the richest Business Executive from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Carson Yeung 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Before becoming an entrepreneur and business investor, he was a hairdresser in Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong).
He established a Macau casino named Greek Mythology in the first decade of 21st Century.
Carson Yeung Ka Sing (Chinese: 楊家誠 ; pinyin: Yáng Jiāchéng ; Wade–Giles: Yang Chia-ch’eng ; born 27 February 1960) is a Hong Kong businessman who, until February 2014, was the president of English football club Birmingham City F.C., and chairman and an executive director of Birmingham International Holdings (previously Grandtop International Holdings), an investment, entertainment and sportswear firm registered in the Cayman Islands, which owns that club. He is also a director of Universal Energy Resources Holdings and Universal Management Consultancy Ltd.
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Who is Carson Yeung Dating?
According to our records, Carson Yeung married to Joanna Wang Man-li. As of December 1, 2023, Carson Yeung’s is not dating anyone.
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On 21 August 2009, it was reported that Grandtop had made an offer of £81.51 million for Birmingham City Football Club. The Standard reported on 25 August 2009 that Yeung had offered £57 million (HK$729 million) to buy newly promoted Birmingham City, and had reportedly promised the club’s manager Alex McLeish £50 million to buy new players. His Hong Kong-listed Grandtop International already had a 29.9 percent stake in the club. He said the firm would raise HK$785 million for the acquisition through a rights issue.
Facts & Trivia
Carson Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Carson Yeung celebrates birthday on February 27 of every year.
Yeung was supposed to travel on 14 September 2011 to attend to his duties at Birmingham City football club. Given permission to travel after his cash bail was doubled to HK$8 million the prosecution appealed on the grounds there was a risk of him not returning. The High Court allowed an appeal and reversed the ruling made in August by the District Court and gave him permission to leave Hong Kong for England. Yeung’s trial opened in May 2013 and lasted until March 2014, when he was found guilty on five counts of money laundering a total of HK$720 million and was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. The trial judge, Douglas Yau, commented that Yeung was “not a witness of truth”, and that his sentence included a necessary element of deterrence.
Where is Carson Yeung now?
In March 2014, Yeung was convicted on five counts of money laundering and sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. He is currently serving his sentence after the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal rejected his final appeal.
Who owns Birmingham City FC?
Full nameBirmingham City Football Club
Owner| Birmingham Sports Holdings 75.00% Oriental Rainbow 21.64%
Chairman| Wenqing Zhao
Head coach| Lee Bowyer
League| EFL Championship
When did Carson Yeung buy Birmingham?
He made his fortune investing in Macau in the 1990s and is a prominent property developer in Hong Kong. He bought Birmingham City in October 2009 for £81.5m from David Sullivan and David Gold, now the co-owners of West Ham.
Is Carson Yeung still in jail?
Carson Yeung to serve rest of six-year jail sentence after losing final appeal in Hong Kong.
Is Birmingham UK safe?
Crime and Safety in Birmingham. Birmingham is the most dangerous major city in the West Midlands , and is among the top 10 most dangerous overall out of the West Midlands’s 44 towns, villages, and cities. The overall crime rate in Birmingham in 2021 was 130 crimes per 1,000 people.