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for illegally trading stocks. Sovereign had invested in the company just after Chey's arrest, hoping to turn it around. Richard
Chandler and his brother tried twice unsuccessfully to remove Chey and ultimately pulled out for ethical reasons. By that point they had profited US$ 728 million from their investment.
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Chandler's company acquired an 80% stake in Hoan My Medical Corporation. According to the article's author, the transaction "complements the healthcare businesses the Chandler Corporation owns and operates in Indonesia and the Philippines, positioning it to become a leading
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They agreed to split their assets in 2006, with
Richard creating Orient Global and Christopher starting Legatum Capital. Orient Global changed its name to Richard Chandler Corporation in April 2010 before becoming the Chandler Corporation in 2013, and the Clermont Group in 2016. Richard's investment
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Chandler brothers were involved in a highly publicized incident in 2005. Sovereign sold its investment in South Korea's SK Corp., at the time South Korea's fourth-largest oil conglomerate, after the board refused to oust chairman and CEO Chey Tae Won. Chey had been convicted of accounting fraud
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Chandler launched a US$ 100 million education initiative in the developing world with the focus to build low-cost private education opportunities in India. Furthermore, he invested in a global chain of international
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in London. In 1982, he returned to New
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private healthcare provider in Asia." As of 2022, Chandler’s company is the sole owner of Hoan My.
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