Sir Joseph Edward Hotung (25 May 1930 – 16 December 2021) was a British/Hong Kong businessman, art collector, and philanthropist.
[4] Hotung began his career at Marine Midland Bank, New York, shortly after finishing his education, and returned to Hong Kong, after his father and grandfather died, to start his own business.
He was involved in the family's Hong Kong real estate development and investment business, and served as a director of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, HSBC Holdings plc, and the Hongkong Electric Company.
He funded the Hong Kong Academy for Gifted Education with the Government of Hong Kong, endowed a program for Law, Human Rights, and Peace Building in the Middle East at SOAS University of London, funded HIV/AIDS research at St George's, University of London and the construction of the Sir Joseph Hotung Centre in St George's Hospital Tooting that provides a facility for musculoskeletal treatment, research and education,[5] endowed a post-doctoral fellowship at Columbia University's Weatherhead East Asian Institute, and founded the lecture theater at Mansfield College, Oxford.
[9] Hotung was an avid collector of Chinese art, including Chinese jades, porcelain, bronzes, and furniture, as well as European paintings by the likes of Frans Hals, Manet and Turner, French silver and English furniture.