We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode Business Daily meets: Activist investor David Webb

Business Daily meets: Activist investor David Webb

2025/6/12
logo of podcast Business Daily

Business Daily
AI Deep Dive AI Chapters Transcript
People
D
David Webb
M
Martin Yip
Topics
Martin Yip: 我认为香港不会消亡，希望它能保持独立存在并迎来更好的时代，但很遗憾我无法亲眼见证。如果我54岁就被诊断出绝症，我的生命时钟会加速，必须重新安排优先事项。 David Webb: 我认为香港的经济发展最终要靠开放。我希望香港在2047年后仍能保持独立和法治。我创立web-site.com是为了倡导公司和经济治理改革。我很高兴能为公众利益做出贡献，而不是仅仅做一个富人。我认为任何有能力的人都应该为公共项目发声。我改变了公司计票方式，使其以一股一票为基础。我希望我的生活没有遗憾，并为社区做出贡献。

Deep Dive

Chapters
This chapter introduces David Webb, a prominent activist investor in Hong Kong, known for his fight for transparency and his investigations into corporate wrongdoing. It covers his background, career, and his views on the Hong Kong economy, particularly its relationship with mainland China.
  • David Webb's career in investment banking and activism in Hong Kong
  • His advocacy for corporate governance reforms
  • Concerns about Hong Kong's economic dependence on mainland China

Shownotes Transcript

David Webb has spent decades campaigning for the rights of ordinary investors in Hong Kong.

Since arriving in the city from the UK as a young investment banker 30 years ago, he’s taken on tycoons, exposed corporate wrongdoing, and pushed for transparency in one of the world’s most complex financial hubs.

Now, as the activist investor’s life comes to an end following a terminal cancer diagnosis in 2020, he's been reflecting on his life in the corporate world.

He's spoken to the BBC's Martin Yip.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: [email protected]

Presenter: Martin Yip Producer: Niamh McDermott

(Image: David Webb, activist investor and founder of Webb-site.com, speaks during a farewell event at the Foreign Correspondents' Club in Hong Kong on 12 May 2025. Credit: Getty Images)