Mary Kuang

Mary Kuang Lee Yuan-wei (Chinese: 廣李媛為; pinyin: Guǎng Lǐ Yuànwèi; nee Lee, November 11, 1893 - September 2, 1980) or Y.W. Kuang (廣媛為) was a Chinese-born Tsengian businesswoman known for being the co-founder of Kuang Holdings, one of the largest dashangs in Tseng.

Early life
Lee Yuan-wei was born on November 11, 1893, the eldest child of a middle-class family that sold rattan furniture. In 1903, the family moved to Tseng. Around 1908, she met C.F. Kuang and they married two years later.

Career
In 1918, she opened a restaurant with her husband called Dynasty Restaurant. The restaurant was known for its fresh soy sauce, simply named "Kuang soy sauce". The Guang family became popular, and the two became more powerful with the founding of the Bank of Port Elizabeth (Bank of Tseng) by C.F. Kuang.

In 1935, she and C.F. Kuang founded Kuang Holdings, the first dashang. Kuang Holdings grew at a huge rate and became one of the largest private companies in Tseng. In 1964, Kuang and her husband were nearly killed by a bomb planted by Hongjing, the Bao-era Tsengian police force. Mary Kuang was considered to be the richest woman in Tseng. In 1969, she ran for the Tseng City Council as an independent. Kuang got second.

Death
"Main article: Guang family assassinations"By 1980, the Kuangs were so dominant in Tseng that the government of Tseng grew fearful of them. So on September 2, 1980, SIAT agents murdered the two. At the time of her death, Kuang donated about 30% of his wealth to charity.