Career
Early A Hakka born in Dongguan, Guangdong in 1940, Yip arrived in Birmingham, United Kingdom from Hong Kong in 1959 with 10 pounds at the age of 19. He then worked and later started his own restaurants in the East Anglia region of England, in towns such as Clacton and Ipswich. Yip had the ability to speak English and so founded the Wing Yip supermarket in United Kingdom.
The Wing Yip business has since branched out into property development, management and investment, with more than 60 commercial and residential tenants around the country.
The property portfolio is now worth around £23 million. With an annual turnover of 80 million pounds, he became the first Anglo-Chinese tycoon in United Kingdom.
