Kadoorie family

The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (Hebrew: כדורי, Arabic: خضوري, Judeo-Arabic: כצׄורי) are a wealthy Hong Kong–based family, originally Jews from Baghdad, Iraq.

[1] From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.

[2] The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals: In the 1990s the Kadoorie family donated US$500,000 for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.

[6] During the 1961 drought in Hong Kong, Kadoorie donated cement and pipes to the Yim Tin Tsai villagers who also contributed money and effort to lay the water mains delivering water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.

[7] Enterprises founded by the family: