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Business Daily meets: activist investor David Webb

2025/6/12
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David Webb: 我对香港的未来持乐观态度,尽管我对无法亲眼见证感到失望。我相信香港将保持其独特的地位和法律体系。香港的经济发展最终将促使中国大陆开放,香港也将因此受益,并在民主道路上前进。我对宇宙学和人工智能的未来发展充满好奇。我希望香港能够继续保持其独特的经济和政治体系,并在中国大陆的开放中发挥重要作用。我对香港的未来发展方向感到担忧,特别是考虑到与中国大陆的融合以及对香港自治的影响。我希望香港能够保持其独特性,并继续为中国的改革开放做出贡献。我希望能够看到香港在2047年后仍然保持其独立性,并继续繁荣发展。我对香港的未来充满希望,但也对可能面临的挑战保持警惕。我希望香港能够克服这些挑战,并继续成为一个充满活力和创新精神的城市。 David Webb: 香港的经济政策已经不如以前自由,政府越来越多地采取中央计划的方式干预经济。政府在基础设施建设上投入了大量资金,但这笔钱最终来自纳税人。我认为市场通常比政府更擅长分配资本。香港与中国大陆在法律和经济体系上存在差异,这限制了香港与大陆的融合。香港的劳动力成本较高,土地稀缺,对资本的配置存在严重错误。我认为香港应该削减开支,而不是增加收入。我一直致力于保护投资者权益,因为在香港,投资者没有得到公平对待。上市公司通常有控股股东,独立董事的独立性也值得怀疑。我鼓励学生们在和平抗议的同时,不要忘记学业,因为他们是香港的未来。 David Webb: 我最自豪的成就是改变了公司计票方式,使其基于一股一票的原则。我利用公司法中的漏洞,要求所有大型公司进行投票表决。在我的持续努力下,一股一票的原则最终被纳入香港公司法。很多人感谢我所做的工作,这让我感到非常温暖。我很高兴为公众利益做了我所做的一切,这比做一个没有做出任何贡献的富人要好得多。我认为有经济保障和能力的人应该为公众项目发声和工作。

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This chapter introduces David Webb, a prominent activist investor in Hong Kong, known for his fight for retail investor rights and his criticism of corporate misconduct. It covers his background, career, and his arrival in Hong Kong.
  • David Webb's career began in investment banking in London before moving to Hong Kong in 1991.
  • He founded web-site.com in 1998 to advocate for corporate governance reforms.
  • Webb's work focused on the volatile small and mid-cap market in Hong Kong.
  • He became a vocal critic of monopolies and tycoon-dominated industries.

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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)