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{{Short description|Hong Kong businesswoman and socialite}}
{{Infobox person
|name         = Sonia Cheng
|native_name  = {{zh|t=鄭志雯}}
|birth_date   = {{birth year and age|1980}}
|birth_place  = [[Hong Kong]]
| alma_mater  = [[Harvard University]]
| occupation  = Businesswoman
| known_for   = CEO of [[Rosewood Hotel Group]]
|father       = [[Henry Cheng]]
|spouse       = Paulo Pong
|children     = 4
|image        = Sonia Cheng - CEO Rosewood Hotel Group wiki.jpg
}}
'''Sonia Cheng Chi-Man''' ([[traditional Chinese]]: 鄭志雯; [[simplified Chinese]]: 郑志雯) is a Hong Kong business executive. She is the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] of [[Rosewood Hotel Group]] and the executive director of the [[New World Development]].<ref name="NWD_2020">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nwd.com.hk/corporate|title=Corporate {{!}} New World Development Company Limited Official Website|last=|first=|date=|website=New World Development Company Limited Official Website|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=3 March 2020}}</ref> She is also the vice-chairman of [[Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Leadership {{!}} Group {{!}} Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group |url=https://www.ctfjewellerygroup.com/en/group/leadership.html |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 March 2020 |website=Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group}}</ref> She was also appointed as an independent non-executive director of [[The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]]<ref name="ba">{{Cite web|url=https://www.about.hsbc.com.hk/-/media/hong-kong/en/news-and-media/201123-board-appointment-the-hong-kong-and-shanghai-banking-corporation-limited-eng.pdf |title=Board Appointment – The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited|date=23 November 2020|website=[[HSBC]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> and a director of [[Primavera Capital Group|Primavera Capital Acquisition Corporation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/22131762|title=Sonia Cheng|last=|first=|date=|website=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> She is the daughter of Hong Kong property developer [[Henry Cheng]] and granddaughter of real estate and jewelry billionaire [[Cheng Yu-tung]].
== Early life and education ==
Cheng was born in 1980. She is the second child of [[Henry Cheng]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hk.asiatatler.com/society/rosewood-hong-kong-sonia-cheng|title=Rosewood Hong Kong: How Sonia Cheng Is Bringing Ultra-Luxury Hospitality Home|last=Giles|first=Oliver|date=1 April 2019|website=Hong Kong Tatler|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> The executive [[Adrian Cheng]] is her brother.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/sonia-cheng-the-rosewood-ceo-on-her-family-and-her-hong-kong-hotel/|title=Sonia Cheng: The Rosewood CEO on her family and her Hong Kong hotel|last=Handley|first=Lucy|date=5 July 2019|website=CNBC|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cpp-luxury.com/sonia-cheng-adrian-cheng-the-young-billionaire-siblings-behind-the-empire-that-includes-rosewood-hotels/|title=Sonia Cheng & Adrian Cheng, the young billionaire siblings behind the empire that includes 'Rosewood Hotels'|last=|first=|date=|website=CPP LUXURY|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref> She studied at St. Pauls’ Co-educational College in Hong Kong and [[Taft School]] in the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ms. Cheng Chi-Man, Sonia - Executive Director {{!}} New World Development Company Limited |url=https://www.nwd.com.hk/corporate/about-NWD/leadership/ms-cheng-chi-man-sonia |access-date=2022-03-27 |website=www.nwd.com.hk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/20-minutes-with-rosewood-hotel-ceo-sonia-cheng-1544483349|title=20 Minutes With: Rosewood Hotel CEO Sonia Cheng|last=Block|first=Fang|date=10 December 2018|website=|publisher=Penta {{!}} Barron's|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2017/07/26/hong-kong-homecoming-sonia-cheng-opens-new-world-hotels-for-the-family-empire|title=Next Tycoon: Hong Kong's Sonia Cheng Opens New World Hotels For The Family Empire|last=Gluckman|first=Ron|date=26 July 2017|website=Forbes|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
== Career ==
Cheng joined [[Morgan Stanley]] and [[Warburg Pincus]] working in their U.S. and Hong Kong offices.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-millennial-runs-the-show-at-rosewood-hotel-group-1413924362|title=A Millennial Runs the Show at Rosewood Hotel Group|last=Karmin|first=Craig|date=21 October 2014|website=The Wall Street Journal|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> In 2008, she joined New World Group and became chief executive of [[Rosewood Hotel Group]].<ref name=":4" />
Cheng joined Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group in April 2019 as a non-executive director,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/2/242502/Share-buyback-on-cards-as-CTF-profit-rises-11pc|title=Share buyback on cards as CTF profit rises 11pc
|last=|first=|date=|website=[[The Standard(Hong Kong)]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref> she became an executive director in April 2021 and became vice-chairman and executive director in June 2022.
Cheng holds several board positions. She is the chairman of the advisory committee of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at [[Chinese University of Hong Kong|The Chinese University of Hong Kong]] and [[Hong Kong Polytechnic University|The Hong Kong Polytechnic University]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=The Hong Kong Polytechnic University School of Hotel and Tourism Management Membership List of School Advisory Committee |url=https://www.polyu.edu.hk/htm/download/Advisory_Committees_SHTM.pdf |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=11 March 2020 |website=}}</ref> She was also a Council Member of the [[Chinese University of Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Council > Membership|url=https://www.cuhk.edu.hk/governance/council/english/composition.html|access-date=1 November 2022 |website=The Chinese University of Hong Kong}}</ref>
Cheng was listed on the International Hospitality Institute Global 100: 100 Most Powerful People in Global Hospitality in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mix |first=Pulse |date=2022-08-01 |title=Dr Jeffrey Obomeghie and Dupe Olusola among the 100 most powerful people in global hospitality |url=https://www.pulse.ng/business/dr-jeffrey-obomeghie-and-dupe-olusola-among-the-100-most-powerful-people-in-global/3f8n19m |access-date=2022-08-03 |website=Pulse Nigeria |language=en}}</ref>  She was on Fortune's 40 under 40 in 2018<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2018 |title=40 Under 40 |url=https://fortune.com/40-under-40/2018/sonia-cheng/ |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=March 3, 2020 |website=Fortune}}</ref> Cheng was also on Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen in 2015 & 2016<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2015/02/25/asias-power-businesswomen-2015|title=Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen 2015|last=Scott|first=Mary|date=25 February 2015|work=[[Forbes Asia]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2016/04/06/asias-50-power-businesswomen-2016|title=Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen 2016|last=Scott|first=Mary|date=6 April 2016|work=[[Forbes Asia]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
== Personal life ==
Cheng has been involved in the [[New World Development]] and [[Chow Tai Fook]] charity projects in Hong Kong and mainland China.
She is married to Paulo Pong Kin-Yee and has four children.<ref>{{Cite web| url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesasia/2017/07/26/next-tycoon-sonia-cheng-and-husband-paulo-pong-kin-yee-share-an-interest-in-business/#5212808b7b3d|title=Rosewood's Sonia Cheng and Husband Paulo Pong Kin-Yee Share An Interest In Business|last=|first=|date=26 July 2017|website=[[Forbes]]|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=11 March 2020}}</ref>
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[[Category:Harvard College alumni]]
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