Chan Chor Khine


Chan Chor Khine was a Burmese-Chinese businessman, land-owner, investor and philanthropist.

Early life

Chan Chor Khine was born in 1886. He is the second son of self-made millionaire & philanthropist father Chan Mah Phee and Daw Aye Mya daughter of U Aung Ba. He attended St Paul's High School, Rangoon before being educated further in China.

Rangoon

Chan Chor Khine returned to Burma to join his father's business Taik Leong. The company dealt primarily in oil, rice and tobacco exports. He ultimately became manager of the company upon his father's retirement. He served as an honorary magistrate on the board of the Corporation of Rangoon.
He was a Council Member of Rangoon University. He donated to build the Rangoon University Gymnasium.
He had two sons from his first marriage. He had three daughters from his second marriage.

Death

Chan committed suicide in April 1934 at 10:20am by shooting himself in the head at his estate, the Brightlands.