Dickson Poon

Dickhz Ihn Poon Chinese: 潘迪生 pinyin: Pan Disheng
Born	19 June 1956 (1956-06-19) (age 55) Hong Kong
Occupation	Founder, Chairman of Dickson Concepts (Int'l) Ltd.
Spouse	Yu Kwai-chu, Pearl Marjorie Yang (divorced) Michelle Yeoh (divorced)

Dickson Poon, SBS (潘迪生; Poon Dik Tang) is a Hong Kong businessman in the luxury goods retailing sector. Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong listed vehicle Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nichols and S. T. Dupont. Through trusts, he controls 40.13% of the voting capital of DCIL as at 31 March 2008.^{[citation needed]}

He co-founded D&B Films with Sammo Hung which released action films such as the In The Line of Duty series, Hong Kong 1941 and Legacy of Rage, before the film company closed down in the early 1990s.

Poon was married to Marjorie Yang, daughter of textile magnate Yang Yuan-loong.^[1] Poon's film production company signed the 21 year-old Miss Malaysia, Michelle Yeoh to appear in advertising for television opposite Jackie Chan, and later launched her big-screen career. Yeoh and Poon married in February 1988, and separated after three and a half years.^[2]

References

1. ^ Hong Kong's Marjorie Yang, BusinessWeek, 29 June 1998
2. ^ No business like Yeoh business, The Sunday Times, 25 March 2007

External links

• Feature on Dickson Poon
• List of companies owned by Dickson Poon

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Name	Poon, Dickson
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Date of birth	19 June 1956
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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