History

The New Heritage Group is privately held by the Tao family, founded by C.F. Tao and expanded by his sons Richard and Paul, and on to the 3rd generation with his grandson Hampton. C.F. Tao’s operating experience began in South East Asia in trading and shipping until he embarked on the opportunity to help in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) opening up in the mid-70’s to work on what were to become landmark property projects in Nanjing and Beijing.

Building on this founder’s visionary and pioneering track record, the Group developed and managed multiple residential projects and mixed use complexes in the PRC from 1991 to 2014. The PRC property development and investment businesses were successfully listed by IPO on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in December 2005 and traded as New Heritage Holdings Ltd (HKSE code 95). In 2014 the Tao family sold their controlling interest in the listed company to a third party and reverted to a private enterprise to re-focus their investment businesses as well as an strategic investor in leading technologies and applications.

A Pioneer Developer

New Heritage has been a pioneer property developer and investor in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) since 1978. Its projects have always aimed to be meaningful and beneficial to the local community and incorporated forward-thinking design concepts.

We have developed from the ground up mixed-use projects with hotel, office and retail components as well as purely residential or commercial buildings. We also co-developed and co-invested with strategic partners across the globe and have also acted in the capacity of joint-venture partner, lead developer or limited partner.

Our development projects in the PRC have won prestigious awards by some of their architects and we have actively participated in urban planning and urban design consultations with various local municipalities in the PRC as an important part of our community-benefit belief.

An Alternative Investor

New Heritage’s current portfolio and past direct/indirect interests have included shipping, logistics, real estate, manufacturing, public and private equity as well as venture capital investments.

Subsequent to divestment of New Heritage’s publicly listed controlling interest, an investment committee was formed to embark on new economy plays in the pharmaceutical industry, IoT solutions, private equity, venture capital sectors as well as co-investment in biosynthesis, metaverse companies, fintech, co-work and flexible meeting space operators.

Investment horizons can range from months to years but the value proposition is to engage with the best minds in the business and source deals through trusted and reliable GPs. Being in the growing ecosystem and network of family offices and investors are invaluable to our working relationship with GPs.