$65 Million To Man Who Will Marry Gay Daughter Offered By Hong Kong Tycoon

A Hong Kong businessman has offered $65 million to any man who can win the heart of his lesbian daughter and marry her.

Billionaire Offers $65 Million Marriage Bounty

Property and shipping magnate Cecil Chao Sze-tsung publicly announced the $65 million "marriage bounty" a week after reports came out that his daughter, Gigi Chao, has married her longtime girlfriend, Sean Eav, in France.

The tycoon reportedly denied the wedding and said that his daughter is still single.

"I don't mind whether he is rich or poor. The important thing is that he is generous and kind-hearted," Cecil Chao Sze-tsung told the South China Morning Post.

According to the billionaire the monetary reward will be "an inducement to attract someone who has the talent but not the capital to start his own business."  

Reacting to the news about the $65 million offer by his father, Gigi Chao said she found the proposal "quite entertaining."

Gigi Chao and Sean Eav

"He [her father] has an interesting interpretation of me," she told the Post.

Gigi Chao, 33, is an architecture graduate from the University of Manchester. Her Facebook profile says she was an executive director at her father's property firm Cheuk Nang and that she is a "Helicopter Pilot. Social entrepreneur. Creator of expressions in colour and emotion."

Her LinkedIn profile states that she worked with the British architect Sir Terry Farrell for two years.

Reports say she now runs Haut Monde Talent, a model management and PR firm with an office on Hong Kong’s Hennessy Road.