Gordon Tang

{{Short description|Singaporean businessman}}

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Gordon Tang, also known as Yigang Tang, is a Singaporean billionaire businessman who owns a controlling stake in Singapore-listed property developer SingHaiyi together with his wife Celine Tang, who is CEO of the company.{{cite web |title=Forbes profile: Gordon Tang |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/gordon-tang/ |website=Forbes |accessdate=25 September 2019}}

In 1980s, Tang was a professional windsurfer from Shantou, China.{{cite web |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2017/07/28/what-windsur-ng-and-the-real-estate-business-have.html |title=What Windsurfing and the real estate business have in common |accessdate=August 23, 2018}}

In the early 1990s, Tang and his wife moved to Singapore from Guangdong, China, and the family later became permanent residents.{{cite web|url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singhaiyi-aims-to-build-branding-as-a-singapore-company|title=SingHaiyi aims to build branding as a Singapore company|first=Lynette|last=Khoo|date=4 March 2018|website=businesstimes.com.sg|accessdate=30 July 2018}}

The chairman of SingHaiyi is Neil Bush, brother of Jeb Bush and former US president George W. Bush.

Tang is the chairman of American Pacific International Capital, Inc. (APIC).

Tang and his wife Celine on 24 November 2022 offered to buy out the remaining shares in Singapore-listed Chip Eng Seng which they did not already control in a deal which valued the property developer at approximately S$565 million. {{cite web|url=https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/voluntary-conditional-cash-offer-chip-eng-seng-turns-mandatory|title=Voluntary conditional cash offer for Chip Eng Seng turns mandatory|first=Patricia|last=Karunungan|date=25 November 2022|website=businesstimes.com.sg|accessdate=25 November 2022}}

Tang owns stakes in Singapore listed companies Suntec Reit, OKH Global and OUE Hospitality.

Tang and his wife have been linked to former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who at one time listed a house on Hong Kong's Peak registered to Gordon Tang and his wife Celine as her residential address. {{cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1608254/former-pm-yingluck-reported-to-have-cambodian-passport|title=Former PM Yingluck reported to have Cambodian passport|first=|last=|date=10 January 2019|newspaper=Bangkok Post|accessdate=25 November 2022}}

Tang is reportedly the point person for concessions for Thailand's potential "entertainment complex" project under the administration of Paetongtarn Shinawatra.{{cite web |title=News Summary 11 October 2024 |url=https://www.thaienquirer.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Thai-Enquirer-News-Summary-October-11-2024.pdf |website=Thai Enquirer |access-date=11 October 2024}}