Tung Chee-chen Net Worth

Tung Chee-chen has an estimated net worth of $4.1 billion, according to Forbes Real-Time Billionaires, Tung Chee-chen profile (figures as of October 20, 2026). That is up from $2.9 billion in 2019.

Tung Chee-chen is a Hong Kong businessman from one of the city's best-known shipping families. Born on 15 December 1942, he is the second son of shipping tycoon Tung Chao-yung and the younger brother of Tung Chee-hwa, who became the first chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. He studied at the University of Liverpool and earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering from MIT.

His father founded the family shipping empire in 1947, and it grew to have offices in more than 100 countries. Tung Chee-chen took the top job at Orient Overseas (International) Limited in 1996, becoming chairman and chief executive. The company was one of the largest shipping groups in the world, and Forbes describes it as one of Hong Kong's last great shipping dynasties.

How Tung Chee-chen made his money

Tung's fortune comes from the family's long ownership of Orient Overseas. For decades the family controlled the Hong Kong-listed container shipping company, which moved goods across global trade routes. The biggest payday came in 2018, when he and his brother sold their entire 68.7% stake to the Chinese shipping giant COSCO. Forbes reports that the sale brought the brothers $4.3 billion.

Beyond shipping, Tung has held many board seats. He has served as an independent director at companies including PetroChina, BOC Hong Kong, Zhejiang Expressway, Wing Hang Bank and Cathay Pacific Airways. He also led industry groups, chairing the Hong Kong Shipowners' Association from 1993 to 1995 and the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce from 1999 to 2001. These roles kept him close to the center of Hong Kong business.

His Forbes estimate over time

Forbes estimated Tung at $2.9 billion in 2019, after the COSCO sale turned the family's shipping stake into cash. His figure then rose to $3.2 billion in 2020 and $3.4 billion in 2021. It reached $3.6 billion in 2022 and stayed there in 2023, before easing back to $3.4 billion in 2024.

The estimate has grown since then. Forbes put him at $3.8 billion in 2025 and $4.1 billion on its 2026 World's Billionaires List. As of October 20, 2026, the Forbes real-time billionaires tracker also showed $4.1 billion. Outside business, he chairs the foundation that oversees the Semester at Sea program and received the Gold Bauhinia Star from the Hong Kong government in 2016.