Hong Kong Casino Tycoon Gives `Nobel Prizes' at Double the Money

Billionaire Lui Che Woo seeks to promote ‘world civilization’
Winners for positive energy, sustainability get $2.6 million

This billionaire is offering "Nobel Prizes" with double the money, based on categories including "positive energy"(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Blake Schmidt

September 26, 2018 at 9:00 PM UTC

After amassing a $15 billion fortune from casinos, Lui Che Woo wants to turn vice into virtue.

While Elon Musk is trying to get humans to Mars and Li Ka-shing joined Bill Gates to battle infant malnutrition, Lui, who rose from a rugged childhood in Japan-occupied Hong Kong, has stepped into the shoes of Alfred Nobel.