Women Empowered

Both Jia Group CEO Yenn Wong and co-founder of the Design Trust Joyce Tam are women at the forefront of their fields, lifting up others along the way

YENN WONG La Prairie’s founder Dr Paul Niehans once said that “it’s not about adding years to life but adding life to years.” That is a sentiment shared by Singaporean entrepreneur Yenn Wong, who launched one of Hong Kong’s first boutique hotels in Causeway Bay at the age of 23, and has been a powerhouse in the hospitality industry ever since. She’s now the CEO of Jia Group and oversees 14 culinary hotspots, including the recently relaunched 22 Ships and one-Michelin-starred Duddell’s, which she created alongside her husband Alan Lo. Her restaurants and hotels across Asia combine delicious food with design collaborations with leading studios like those led by London-based Ilse Crawford and Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Inspired by her father, who would take Wong to the construction sites he…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2020

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