Veteran impresario Abba Chan Tat-chee began building his fortune by exporting jeans of his own label, ABBA, to North America, which earned him the nickname 'Uncle Ba' in the trade.
In 1998, he founded ABBA Entertainment Group and started organising mainland concerts for popular Hong Kong artists like Andy Lau Tak-wah and Aaron Kwok Fu-sing, which earned him a new nickname, 'Father of Mainland Music Concerts'.
'Uncle Ba' became better known locally for arranging recent sell-out concerts featuring stars such as Alan Tam Wing-lun and the comeback of Sam Hui Koon-kit and for his cosy friendships with local artists and socialites.
He also ventured into movie-making and had a string of box-office hits such as Dragon Loaded and I Want to be a Model, starring the man he likes to call his son, Ronald Cheng Chung-kei.
In July last year he teamed up with Golden Harvest Entertainment (Holdings) to form a $10 million joint venture to offer loans for Chinese-language filmmakers.
On top of his fledging entertainment business, Mr Chan, 59, also left his mark in the energy, real estate and travel sectors. In August 2003 he snapped up Central China Enterprises, now known as China Sciences Conservational Power, for just $18 million, becoming chairman and later executive director.