Wong Yam-yin, the founder and chairman of Golden Wheel Tiandi Holdings, arrived from Indonesia in 1980 to set up an office for his family’s hardware trading business. He soon found that most entrepreneurs had gained their wealth from investing in real estate. Inspired by their success, Wong started investing in the property market.
In 1994, he founded Golden Wheel to invest in mainland property as demand for housing soared in tandem with the nation’s economic growth. To step up expansion, Wong listed his property business on the Hong Kong stock exchange in January 2013.
With 30 years of experience in business management, Wong is responsible for the company’s overall strategy, business and investment planning.
How did you get into mainland property investment?
I established an extensive business network while trading on the mainland for more than three decades. We started with a small project in Nanjing and gradually expanded into Changsha, Wuxi, Zhuzhou and Yangzhou.