Inside the crazy rich life of Hong Kong actress Manna Chan, star of TVB’s Modern Dynasty who has made millions from property and once gave her daughter a Ferrari as a wedding gift
- Chan made canny investments during Sars and now has an estimated net worth of US$17.2 million – more than US$1 million of which she gave as a dowry to daughter Joie
- Joie is a dentist who attended Yale, while Chan’s son Allen went to Stanford and Harvard, becoming a surgeon in the US – Chan now keeps busy with dinner parties with A-listers like Bowie Woo
Manna Chan is the talk of the town: Hong Kong’s beloved veteran actress currently stars in Modern Dynasty, a TVB series that centres on the roller coaster lives of the wealthy Ma family of three generations.
Having been on the acting scene for about five decades, Chan was semi-retired but has made the show her comeback to television, receiving positive reviews for the drama in which she plays a supporting role as grandmother Lau Oi-huan.
In real life, the actress’ fabulous lifestyle is not so different from her character’s. Her net worth is estimated at US$17.2 million, according to 8 Days Singapore, much of which can be credited to her strategic investments. From the lavish parties she hosts at her mansion, to the hefty dowry she gave when her daughter got married, let’s take a look at Chan’s crazy rich life and good fortune.
She’s a property investment queen
Chan began her career in 1974, according to TOPick. She married a man from outside showbiz and they had a son and a daughter – Allen and Joie.
Chan divorced her husband soon after giving birth to their daughter, and from then on, grew her wealth steadily through property investment. She bought smartly, picking up properties during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars) outbreak in 2002-2004, which caused prices to plummet, then collecting long term rent ever since. According to TOPick, Chan has earned “at least tens of millions” from this, and has never made a loss.
8 Days Singapore also reports that Chan bought and sold property around 11 times, and that once housing prices in Hong Kong started to get too high, the actress ventured into overseas property investments instead.
She has high-achieving children
Chan’s two children seem to have inherited their mother’s great luck and success. Her son Allen attended Stanford and Harvard, and is now a heart transplant surgeon in the US, while her daughter Joie went to Yale and is now a dentist, per 8 Days Singapore.