Allan Zeman

Lan Kwai Fong Holdings chairman
Born: 1949, Germany
Now lives in Hong Kong

For years before Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in 1997, many local residents worried about the future were keen to get Canadian citizenship as a hedge. Zeman, who was born in Germany but grew up in Montreal, went in the other direction. Having built a fortune as the head of a trading company and developer of Hong Kong's top entertainment district, Zeman renounced his Canadian citizenship in 2008 and became a Chinese citizen.