Aw Boon Par

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| name = Aw Boon Par

| native_name = 胡文豹

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| birth_date = 1888

| birth_place = Rangoon, British Burma

| death_date = {{d-da|1944|1888}}

| death_place = Rangoon, British Burma

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| occupation = entrepreneur

| boards = Eng Aun Tong

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• Piah Lan
• Daw Saw
• Hong Yin

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| father = Aw Chu Kin

| children = {{plainlist|

• Aw Cheng Chye (Son)
• Aw Cheng Taik (Son)
• Aw Cheng Sim/Suri Santipongchai (Daughter)
• Aw Cheng Hu (Daughter)

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| relatives = Aw Boon Leng (Eldest Brother)
Aw Boon Haw (Second Brother)

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Aw Boon Par ({{zh|t=胡文豹|p=Hú Wénbào|poj=Hô͘ Bûn-pà}}; 1888–1944) was an entrepreneur and philanthropist best known for introducing Tiger Balm.

He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin.Beverland, Michael (2009) Building Brand Authenticity: 7 Habits of Iconic Brands Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SBzRiXcwLh8C&pg=PA91 page 91], {{ISBN|978-0-230-58031-2}}Temporal, Paul (2006) Asia's star brands Wiley, Singapore, [https://books.google.com/books?id=uosHgKOy63UC&pg=PA116 page 116], {{ISBN|0-470-82156-6}} Aw was born during the British colonial rule. His father left the business to Boon-Par and after Aw Chu-Kin's death in 1908, he called his elder brother Aw Boon-Haw to run his father's apothecary, Eng Aun Tong ("The Hall of Eternal Peace") together.

Although Aw wished to stay in Yangon, his brother who had settled in SingaporeGo, Simon (2003) Hong Kong apothecary: a visual history of Chinese medicine packaging Princeton Architectural Press, New York, page 198, {{ISBN|1-56898-390-5}} in 1926 convinced him to immigrate, move the family business, and found the precursor of today's Haw Par Corporation. Boon-Haw moved to Hong Kong to manage the business from there, while Boon-Par stayed in Singapore to run the factory. Eventually, Aw closed the factory down, returned to Rangoon, and died there.