H. H. Kung belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists H. H. Kung as Chinese banker and politician (1881–1967).
H. H. Kung was born at Taigu District in 1881. His recorded nationality is China. He was educated at Oberlin College and Yale Law School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the corporation became the dominant economic form, along with the antitrust politics that followed it.
He worked as politician, banker and businessperson.
His recorded affiliations include Tianjin University.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
That the business was built from China shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
H. H. Kung died in 1967, aged 86. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Affiliated with Tianjin University
- Educated at Oberlin College and Yale Law School
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