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Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · South China Morning Post
Chinese property developer Country Garden denies talk its founder and chairman have left China, says they are 'working as normal'
In October 2023, amid a debt crisis in which Country Garden had reportedly missed a $15 million offshore coupon payment, the company publicly denied social-media rumors that Yang Guoqiang and Yang Huiyan had left China, stating both were 'working as normal' and reserving the right to pursue responsibility for what it called 'malicious rumour mongering.'.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Yang Guoqiang (Cantonese: Yeung Kwok Keung), then 68, tendered his resignation from his positions at Country Garden 'for age reasons' effective March 1, 2023, joining a string of mainland developer founders stepping back from their posts during China's property crisis.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Yang's daughter, Yang Huiyan, had served as co-chairman since December 2018 and was already managing day-to-day operations alongside her father before succeeding him as sole chairman on March 1, 2023; she started at Country Garden in 2005 after graduating from Ohio State University and inheriting her father's majority stake, and held 52.6% of group equity as of the filing.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Country Garden president Mo Bin stated the succession 'reflected Mr Yeung's full trust and recognition of Ms Yang'; Yang Guoqiang continued to take part in corporate operations as a special advisor to the group after his formal resignation.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Yang Huiyan's net worth (and by extension the family's Country Garden-linked wealth) plunged by more than 52% to $16.1 billion according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index amid China's real estate crisis, narrowing her lead over the runner-up for 'Asia's richest woman' title, chemical-fibre tycoon Fan Hongwei.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Resigned as chairman and executive director of Country Garden effective March 1, 2023, transferring the chairmanship to daughter Yang Huiyan while remaining a special advisor.
Yang Guoqiang · 2023 · Mingtiandi
Yang Huiyan Now Solo Chairman of Country Garden
Yang Huiyan became sole chairman; the family's wealth and the company's financial position deteriorated sharply amid the property crisis (Yang Huiyan's net worth fell over 52% to $16.1 billion), and by October 2023 the company faced a potential offshore-debt default and had to publicly deny rumors about the founders' whereabouts.