The sole beneficiary of Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum's multibillion-dollar fortune will not reveal their name until after her funeral as a mark of respect, her lawyer said yesterday.
Asia's richest woman - who died from cancer last Tuesday - is attracting as much interest in death as in life, with persistent speculation about the recipient of her will.
Sources close to the family have claimed Wang deposited a large portion of her fortune in a number of charitable trusts she set up about three years ago.
Wang had said she would like to give her fortune to charity or set up a prize in her name when she died.
The chairwoman of Chinachem Group and her late husband Teddy Wang Teh-huei, who disappeared after being kidnapped in 1990, did not have children.
Other reports have claimed Wang's brother, Kung Yan-sum, was set to take control of the real estate empire.
The booming economy has benefited the Wang fortune, which Forbes magazine has estimated at HK$32.7 billion while many believe it could be more than HK$100 billion.
