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Milton Wong (OC, OBC) (1940 - 2011) was a Canadian businessman, financier, and philanthropist.〔http://www.schemamag.ca/indepth/2012/01/milton-wong-honouring-a-mentor.php〕 ==Biography== Born to Chinese immigrant parents. His father was a tailor. He was raised in Vancouver's Chinatown. He was the second youngest of a family with 4 daughters and five sons. Wong became one of Canada's most prolific money managers and was the Chairman of HSBC. Many of his peers consider him one of the most innovative and tenacious financiers of his generation, combined with his business acumen who was able an entire community of businessmen and investors.〔http://maytree.com/blog/2012/01/remembering-milton-wong/〕〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/milton-wong-a-tireless-philanthropist-brought-a-lot-to-the-table/article2289468/〕 Wong's foray in finance started after graduating from University in 1963 and started his own financial management company, M.K. Wong and associates. He later sold this firm to HSBC and became the head of HSBC Asset Manager (Canada) Ltd where took on managing billions of dollars within global assets.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/milton-wong-a-tireless-philanthropist-brought-a-lot-to-the-table/article2289468/〕 In addition to being a financier, he was an active venture capitalist and invested in numerous start-ups which include Nurse Next Door (a home care company) and Perceptronix Medical Inc. (a company that specializes in early cancer detection testing). He was also an active member of the portfolio management program at the Sauder School of Business.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/milton-wong-a-tireless-philanthropist-brought-a-lot-to-the-table/article2289468/〕 He was also a friend of former B.C. premier Mike Harcourt and a driving force behind Vancouver's Science World and a broker of British Columbia's first modern-day land claims agreement.〔http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/milton-wong-a-tireless-philanthropist-brought-a-lot-to-the-table/article2289468/〕〔http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/01/02/bc-milton-wong-obit.html〕 Wong was also a devout Christian.〔http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2012/01/24/milton-wongs-surprising-christian-roots/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Milton Wong」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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