Hong Kong’s Most Vocal Activist Investor Says He Has Cancer

  • Webb says he will fight cancer with full ‘vigour’ and ‘hope’
  • Activist shareholder has triggered regulatory probes in H.K.

David Webb

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David Webb, Hong Kong’s most vocal activist investor whose investigations into corporate malfeasance triggered regulatory probes and made him a minor celebrity in the city, announced he has prostate cancer.

Scans revealed tumors along the length of his spine after he saw a doctor about pains in his arm, Webb wrote in a blog post on webb-site.com, his eponymous website where he has blasted stock exchange and regulatory officials over the years on various market failings.