The Hong-Kong born entrepreneur came to England at the age of 13 for his education. Now living between Hong Kong and Belgravia, London, the 56-year-old is best known as the founder of the high-end lifestyle chain Shanghai Tang which he set up in the mid-1990s. In 1998, he sold the company to Richemont, the luxury goods group. The cigar-smoking Sir David went on to set up the China Clubs (Hong Kong, Beijing and Singapore) and he also opened the Cipriani in Hong Kong and the China Tang restaurant at the Dorchester Hotel.
香港出生的企業家鄧永鏘爵士(Sir David),在13歲時來到英國接受教育,現在常住香港和英國倫敦的貝爾格拉維亞(Belgravia,倫敦的上流住宅區——譯者注)。這位56歲的企業家最為人所熟知的身份是服裝品牌“上海灘(Shanghai Tang)”的創始人,他于上世紀90年代中期建立了這個高端時裝連鎖店品牌。1998年,他將上海灘賣給了奢侈品集團歷峰(Richemont)。隨后,愛抽雪茄的鄧永鏘在香港、北京和新加坡成立了中國會(China Club),還在香港開了一家Cipriani酒店,以及在多爾斯切特酒店(Dorchester Hotel)內開了一家唐人館(China Tang)。