Kadoorie family

The Kadoorie family or "Khedouri" (כדורי, خضوري) are a wealthy Hong Kong-based family, originally Jews from Baghdad, Iraq. From the mid-18th century they were established in Mumbai (then known as Bombay), becoming one of the wealthiest families in Asia; their businesses were subsequently centered in Shanghai from the mid-19th century, and then in Hong Kong from 20th century onwards.

Family members
The Kadoorie family includes a number of notable individuals:
 * Ellis Kadoorie (1865–1922), philanthropist and businessman
 * Elly Kadoorie (1867–1944), philanthropist and businessman, married Laura Mocatta, 3 children
 * Lawrence Kadoorie, Baron Kadoorie, CBE (1899–1993) was an industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist in Hong Kong, married Muriel Gubbay in 1938, 2 children
 * Rita Laura McAulay, married Scottish industrialist Ronald McAulay, 1 child
 * Andrew McAulay (born 1967)
 * Michael Kadoorie (born 1941), businessman and philanthropist, married Cuban-American Betty Tamayo, 3 children
 * Bettina Kadoorie
 * Natalie Louise Kadoorie (born 1986), married to Diego Alejandro Gonzalez Morales
 * Philip Lawrence Kadoorie (born 1992)
 * Victor Kadoorie (1900–1900)
 * Horace Kadoorie (1902–1995), industrialist, hotelier, and philanthropist
 * Reuben Ezekiel Kadoorie, married Catherine Lee Wai-Ying, 1 child
 * Rosa Kadoorie was married to American adventurer Hilaire du Berrier.

Philanthropy
Kadoorie family has donated, in the 1990s, US$500,000 for the construction of the new Shanghai Museum.

In 1961, in times of drought in Hong Kong, Mr. Kadoorie donated cement and pipes and the Yim Tin Tsai villagers contributed money and effort and laid the water mains that deliver water from Mud Bay to Yim Tin Tsai island.

Enterprises
Enterprises founded by the family:
 * CLP Group
 * Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels
 * The Peninsula Hotels