Pursuits

The Kwok Brothers Who Re-Created Noah's Ark

Two evangelical brothers have built a life-size replica of Noah’s Ark—and by the book

The ark contains a concert hall and a 43-room boutique hotel that hosts weddings and eventsPhotograph by Yoav Horesh for Bloomberg Businessweek

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By Alex Cuadros

September 6, 2012 at 7:41 PM UTC

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This article is part of the September 10, 2012 issue of businessweek.

After their father died of a heart attack in 1990, Thomas and Raymond Kwok, now 60 and 59, helped expand the family business, Sun Hung Kai Properties, into Hong Kong’s largest real estate developer. The evangelical Christians control a combined fortune of about $15 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. In July they were charged with paying $4.5 million in bribes to one of Hong Kong’s former top government officials.

The Kwok Brothers Who Re-Created Noah's Ark — 'The best gift I can give,' Thomas once said, 'is a chance to know our God better'Photograph by Yoav Horesh for Bloomberg Businessweek