Steven Lo (羅傑承) |
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| Born | June 8, 1959 Hong Kong |
| Occupation | Chairman, BMA Investment,and South China AA Football Management Committee |
| Spouse | Canny Leung |
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Steven Lo Kit-Sing (Chinese: 羅傑承, born June 8,[1] 1959) is a Hong Kong and Macanese businessman active in the entertainment world.
Born in Hong Kong, Steven Lo had his upbringing and education in Macau. After graduation from high school, he worked in the banking industry and then started up a European cars dealership business. He returned to Hong Kong in the 1990s and was involved in a variety of investments primarily in the film industry but also including real estate and financial projects.
At the end of the 1990s, Lo started the entertainment company BMA Entertainment Holdings Limited, which is involved in a variety of entertainment businesses which included records, movie production and artist management. BMA has since expanded into an entertainment investment company, known as BMA Investment.
Steven Lo is active in the Hong Kong football scene, as the chairman of the Football Management Committee of South China Athletic Association, he has overseen the winning of the Domestic Treble in the 2006–07 playing season. The team has won three consecutive league titles in the process, and has reached the semi-finals of the 2009/2010 AFC Cup.
Lo also served as an advisor and team manager for the Hong Kong Football association at the 2009 East Asian Games where the Hong Kong Football Team became the first Hong Kong Football to win gold in any major international sporting event.
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Steven Lo was born into the Vitasoy International Holdings Limited family and is the nephew of Lo Hoi-Muk, founder of the Cafe de Coral Group. Born in Hong Kong, Lo's family relocated to Macau when his father was appointed to manage Vitasoy's business in Macau. Lo was brought up and educated in Macau. He attended the secondary school Yuet Wah College.
During adolescence, Lo was interested in football and music. When he was in form two in the secondary school, he organised a concert for Sam Hui, and formed the fans club in Macau. He eventually went on to organising other concerts in Macau for acts such as The Wynners, Louie Castro and Rowena Cortes.
After graduation, he began his career in the banking industry. He consequently established a car dealership, and was also involved in real estate businesses. At the dawn of the 1990s, Lo began investing in the Hong Kong film industry, setting up a film distribution company 永高院線.
Steven Lo established BMA Entertainment Holdings Ltd in 1998. Its businesses included records, movie production and artist management.
Under the leadership of Lo, BMA's businesses has broadened into investments in property development, finance services, large-scale performance, sports entertainment, books publication, marketing, promotion and public relations in Hong Kong and Macau.
BMA Entertainment, is involved in diversified entertainment categories such as album and artist management, motion pictures production, publishing, events and concert organisation. Its most notable artists include Niki Chow, Jade Kwan and Soler.
In 2008, BMA Sports was established to deal with football players' businesses. All South China AA and TSW Pegasus players are under management of the company.
Steven Lo married author Canny Leung on 13 February 2002 in Las Vegas, they have a daughter. The pair met while working together on the film Bakery Amour in 2000.
Steven Lo is also a prominent horse owner in Hong Kong, with many horses under his name. One of his horses, Xtension, won the BMW Champions Mile on 25 April 2011 under trainer John Moore. The horse came with a well-timed late run under jockey Darren Beadman to beat favorite Lucky Nine and the UAE's Musir over 1,600 meters at Sha Tin Racecourse. [2]