Choi Chiu Fai

Stanley Choi is a Hong Kong financier, businessman, and high-stakes poker player known for his involvement with Head & Shoulders Financial Group. His career spans investment banking, private equity, and financial technology. He was also a co-founding member of YunFeng Capital, an investment firm associated with Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma.

Choi became interested in finance at age 16 while working a summer job at a securities firm. He later studied at Wichita State University, earned a master's degree in finance from the University of Illinois, and completed a doctorate in business administration at City University of Hong Kong. From 2022 to 2023, he served as a visiting scholar at Stanford University.

Beyond finance and poker, Choi has invested in several prominent businesses. He became a substantial shareholder in AirAsia in 2021 and was previously involved in owning English football club Wigan Athletic. He is also interested in cryptocurrency and blockchain, and donated $100,000 in Bitcoin to support blockchain education at the University of Illinois.

At the poker table, Choi is a successful businessman who competes in high-stakes games. He has appeared on *Poker After Dark*, *High Stakes Poker*, and Triton Poker events. As chairman of International Entertainment Corporation, he also helped establish a licensing agreement to bring PokerStars-branded live poker events and poker rooms to parts of Asia.