citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message wheelock and company limited is a hong kong based financial real estate company . it was listed as 1249 on the forbes 2000 list . the group s principal activities are property investment property development property management and agency and investment holding . the group is also involved in distribution and retail businesses including lane crawford joyce and city super . operations are carried out in hong kong the british virgin islands the people s republic of china and singapore . contents 1 history 1.1 operations 1.2 people 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit wheelock and company was created from the purchase of wheelock and marden company limited a british hong founded as shanghai tug and lighter limited in 1857 in shanghai by captain thomas reed wheelock born st. stephen new brunswick 1843 died 1920 shanghai china . 1 g.e. marden founded marden and company in 1925 and merged with thomas wheelock s tug company to form wheelock and marden company limited in 1932 . the new company operated other ships and later moved their operations to hong kong following world war ii . the new company diversified from transportation to custom s clearing container delivery warehousing and travelling . marden s son john l. marden was once the head of the company . it was acquired by local tycoon sir yue kong pao in 1985 . captain wheelock married edith haswell clarke in 1872 and had several children including geoffrey wheelock and florence . 2 wheelock came to china following his brother robert . wheelock retired in 1889 to spend time in boston and st. andrew new brunswick . 2 wheelock s departure from china was short and returned in 1897 2 died in 1920 in shanghai . operations edit today s wheelock and company is a holding company with principal interests in real estate in hong kong singapore china and the uk . the firm develops hotels housing and shopping centers through primary subsidiary wharf holdings of which wheelock owns nearly half as well as wheelock properties more than 70 % owned . in addition to its property holdings wharf has interests in cable television internet access and telecommunications providers in hong kong . wharf also owns more than two thirds of modern terminals a shipping terminal operator in southern china . people edit the chairman is peter woo . see also edit john hung former chairman references edit conclusion a b c shen lindsay 2012 . knowledge is pleasure florence ayscough in shanghai . isbn 9789888139590 . external links edit wheelock and company retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wheelock % 26 co & oldid 743347645 categories wheelock & cocompanies of hong kongcompanies established in 1927companies listed on the hong kong stock exchangehidden categories articles needing additional references from april 2008all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 06 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view