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.
香港出生的企业家邓永锵爵士(Sir David)，在13岁时来到英国接受教育，现在常住香港和英国伦敦的贝尔格拉维亚（Belgravia，伦敦的上流住宅区——译者注）。这位56岁的企业家最为人所熟知的身份是服装品牌“上海滩(Shanghai Tang)”的创始人，他于上世纪90年代中期建立了这个高端时装连锁店品牌。1998年，他将上海滩卖给了奢侈品集团历峰(Richemont)。随后，爱抽雪茄的邓永锵在香港、北京和新加坡成立了manbetx3.0 会(China Club)，还在香港开了一家Cipriani酒店，以及在多尔斯切特酒店(Dorchester Hotel)内开了一家唐人馆(China Tang)。