Gigi Chao On Father's $63-Million Marriage Bounty: 'Quite Entertaining'

Gigi Chao, daughter of Hong Kong billionaire Cecil Chao Sze-tsung, thought that the $63-million bounty offered by his father to a man she would marry was "quite entertaining," the South China Morning Post reported.

Gigi Chao and Cecil Chao Sze-tsung (Photo: Gigi Chao)

She added: "He [her father] has an interesting interpretation of me."

Shipping magnate Cecil Chao Sze-tsung made the public campaign a week after it was reported that her 33-year-old lesbian daughter has tied the knot with Sean Eav, her girlfriend of seven years, in France earlier this year.

The tycoon also told the Post that reports about his daughter's wedding were "false."

"Gigi is a very good woman with both talents and looks. She is devoted to her parents, is generous and does volunteer work," he was quoted as saying.

Gigi Chao and Sean Eav

He said the monetary reward was "an inducement to attract someone who has the talent but not the capital to start his own business." 

Gigi Chao graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Manchester. She was an executive director at her father's property firm Cheuk Nang, according to an entry on her Facebook profile. Her Facebook profile also states: "Helicopter Pilot. Social entrepreneur. Creator of expressions in colour and emotion."

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

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