Christina Ong

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Christina Ong
Born
Christina Fu

October 1947 (age 74)
NationalitySingaporean
OccupationBusinesswoman
Spouse(s)Ong Beng Seng
Children2

Christina Ong (née Fu, born October 1947) is a Singaporean businesswoman who owns the COMO Group conglomerate. As of 2021, Christina and her husband Ong Beng Seng were ranked 25th on Singapore's richest list.[2]

Career[]

Ong opened a clothing store in 1972,[3] prior to founding the COMO Group,[4] which includes Club 21 fashion stores[5] and COMO Hotels and Resorts.[6]

Ong also owns a significant propoertion of Mulberry shares,[7] and a number of properties on Bond Street in London.[3] Her property portfolio includes all Armani outlets in Britain. Ong also holds the franchises for Donna Karen and DKNY.[8]

Ong is a former chairman of Singapore's National Parks Board.[9]

Awards[]

For her services to the Italian fashion industry, Ong has been awarded the Italian Fashion Hall of Fame Award in 1995 and was conferred the Cavaliere del Lavoro.[10] The Italian Trade Commission said in a press release that the Hall of Fame Award was in recognition of Ong's "accomplishments, her qualities, image and authority in the fashion world. She is a leader and has demonstrated her special gift in the world of elegance and style in the capitals of the world".[11]

In 2013 she received Singapore's Meritorious Service Medal, one of three awarded that year. The others went to the historian Wang Gungwu and Tony Chew, inaugural chairman of the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School's governing board.[12]

In 2014, Ong was included in the list of inaugural Singapore Women's Hall of Fame, which described her as a "global fashion entrepreneur and luxury hotelier"[13]

Personal life[]

Born October 1947,[7][14][15] Ong is the daughter of Peter Fu Yun Siak, an early employer of her husband and founder of Kuo International.[3] She is described as "aloof and chic"[3] and "Singapore's preeminent style icon".[7] Ong is married to Singaporean business magnate and investor Ong Beng Seng.[3][6] They have two children, a daughter, Melissa, and a son, Jonathan.[1]

The Singapore Straits Times have reported Ong to be a very private person who chooses to be unknown in public settings.

Ong is cited as "one of the wealthiest women in the world".[7][5] Together, Ong and her husband have a net worth of $1.9 billion as of January 2016, based on estimates by Forbes. This makes the couple among the richest persons in Singapore.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Rich List 2017: #100, £1.296 billion". The Sunday Times Magazine. 7 May 2017. p. 45.
  2. ^ Forbes, "Singapore's 50 Richest: #15 Ong Beng Seng & Christina Ong"
  3. ^ a b c d e Clarke, Hilary (29 March 1998). "Profile: Beng Seng and Christina Ong: Asian pair sell west, buy east". The Independent.
  4. ^ "About COMO Group". Retrieved 17 August 2021."Singapore: COMO Group acquires organic supermarket". Asia Food Journal. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  5. ^ a b Misiura, Shashi (2012). Heritage Marketing. Routledge. pp. 218–. ISBN 9781136399268.
  6. ^ a b "Ong Beng Seng, 65, and Christina Ong, 61". AsiaOne. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d Roberts, Sophy (November–December 2002). "The World of Christina Ong". Departures.
  8. ^ "The name behind the famous names? Christina Ong". The Independent. 26 January 1997. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  9. ^ Ministry of National Development, "Mr Benny Lim appointed as Chairman of the National Parks Board" (30 July 2018).
  10. ^ Interni 644, September 2014.
  11. ^ "Christina Ong to Get Italian Fashion Hall of Fame Award", Straits Times, 25 August 1995.
  12. ^ Feng Zengkun, "Three honoured with Meritorious Service Medal", Straits Times, 9 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Singapore Women's Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  14. ^ "Christina ONG - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Guat Hoon (Known As Christina) ONG - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Beta.companieshouse.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  16. ^ "Ong Beng Seng & Christina Ong". Forbes. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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