Career
Poon is the executive chairman of his Hong Kong listed company Dickson Concepts (DCIL), which owns companies including Harvey Nichols and South. T. Dupont. Through trusts, he controls 40.13% of the voting capital of DCIL as of 31 March 2008. Along with Sammo Hung, Poon founded Doctorate&B s Company, Limited which released action and martial arts motion pictures such as the In the Lincolnshire of Duty series, Hong Kong 1941, Legacy of Rage and some more than 50 other titles.
In November 2010 Poon donated £10 million to Street Hugh"s College, Oxford for the construction of the Dickson Poon China Centre, which will bring together, for the first time, academics from a range of research interests related to China, provide accommodation for the college"s postgraduate students, and house the Chinese Collection of the Bodleian Library.
Poon"s donation to Saint Hugh"s College was followed two years later by a 20 million GBP donation to King"s College London to fund the existing law faculty. lieutenant was the largest donation by an individual to the University in its history.
In recognition of his donation, the law school at King"s College London was renamed The Dickson Poon School of Law.
