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Christina Ong
Born

Christina Fu

October 1947 (age 75)
Nationality Singaporean
Occupation Businesswoman
Spouse Ong Beng Seng
Children 2

Christina Ong (née Fu, born October 1947) is a Singaporean businesswoman who owns the COMO Group. As of 2021, Christina and her husband Ong Beng Seng were ranked 25th on Singapore’s richest list.[1]

Ong opened a clothing store in 1972,[2] prior to founding the COMO Group,[3] which includes Club 21 fashion stores[4] and COMO Hotels and Resorts.[5]

Ong also owns a significant proportion of Mulberry shares,[6] and a number of properties on Bond Street in London.[2] Her property portfolio includes all Armani outlets in Britain. Ong also holds the franchises for Donna Karen and DKNY.[7]

Ong is a former chairman of Singapore’s National Parks Board.[8]

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.[9] The Italian Trade Commission said in a press release that the Hall of Fame Award was in recognition of Ong’s accomplishments and leadership skills in the fashion world.[10]

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.[11]

In 2014, Ong was included in the list of the inaugural Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame, which described her as a “global fashion entrepreneur and luxury hotelier.”[12]

In June 2022, she was listed by the International Hospitality Institute as one of the 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality.[13]

Personal life[edit]

Born October 1947,[6][14][15] Ong is the daughter of Peter Fu Yun Siak, an early employer of her husband and founder of Kuo International.[2] Ong is married to Singaporean business magnate and investor Ong Beng Seng.[2][5] They have two children, a daughter, Melissa, and a son, Jonathan.[16]

Ong is cited as “one of the wealthiest women in the world”.[6][4] As of January 2016, Ong and her husband have a net worth of $1.9 billion based on estimates by Forbes. This makes the couple among the richest persons in Singapore.[17]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Ong Beng Seng and Christina Ong”. Forbes.
  2. ^ a b c d Clarke, Hilary (29 March 1998). “Profile: Beng Seng and Christina Ong: Asian pair sell west, buy east”. The Independent.
  3. ^ “About COMO Group”. Retrieved 17 August 2021.“Singapore: COMO Group acquires organic supermarket”. Asia Food Journal. 11 April 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b Misiura, Shashi (2012). Heritage Marketing. Routledge. pp. 218–. ISBN 9781136399268.
  5. ^ a b “Ong Beng Seng, 65, and Christina Ong, 61”. AsiaOne. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b c Roberts, Sophy (November–December 2002). “The World of Christina Ong”. Departures.
  7. ^ “The name behind the famous names? Christina Ong”. The Independent. 26 January 1997. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. ^ “Mr Benny Lim appointed as Chairman of the National Parks Board”. www.mnd.gov.sg.
  9. ^ “Interni 644 – September 2014 by Interni Magazine – Issuu”. issuu.com.
  10. ^ “Christina Ong to Get Italian Fashion Hall of Fame Award”, Straits Times, 25 August 1995.
  11. ^ Feng Zengkun, “Three honoured with Meritorious Service Medal”, Straits Times, 9 August 2013.
  12. ^ “Singapore Women’s Hall of Fame”. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  13. ^ Mix, Pulse (1 August 2022). “Dr Jeffrey Obomeghie and Dupe Olusola among the 100 most powerful people in global hospitality”. Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  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. ^ “Rich List 2017: #100, £1.296 billion”. The Sunday Times Magazine. 7 May 2017. p. 45.
  17. ^ “Ong Beng Seng & Christina Ong”. Forbes. Retrieved 4 June 2013.