Kadoorie family
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The Kadoorie family (Arabic: خضوري) were originally Iraqi Jews from Baghdad who in the mid-eighteenth century migrated to Bombay (Mumbai), India and later to Hong Kong and Shanghai, China.
It includes a number of notable individuals:
- Sir Ellis Kadoorie (1865 - 1922)
- Sir Elly Kadoorie (1867 - 1944)
- Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (KBE (1899-1993) in Hong Kong) was a famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.
- Sir Michael Kadoorie (b. 1941), a business executive, one of the world's foremost tycoons and philanthropists
- Sir Horace Kadoorie (1902 - 1995)
- Sir Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie (KBE (1899-1993) in Hong Kong) was a famous industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist.
