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Billionaires look for love
Lonely this Christmas? Spare a thought for Beijing’s billionaires. The country’s economic boom over the last three decades may have generated a clutch of super-wealthy Chinese, but it has not guaranteed all of them love.
Lonely this Christmas? Spare a thought for Beijing’s billionaires.
The country’s economic boom over the last three decades may have generated a clutch of super-wealthy Chinese, but it has not guaranteed all of them love.
Last Sunday, a privileged group of 21 single billionaires and 22 single women attended what state media called one of the Chinese capital’s most expensive parties ever — a match-making ball with tickets costing 100,000 yuan ($14,650) a head.
The 21 billionaires were all registered members of Golden Bachelors, a Shanghai-based match-making agency dedicated to helping wealthy Chinese men and women find their potential better half, which also organised the event.
“It’s very hard for billionaires to meet women they want to marry because they have been so career-oriented during the earlier stages of their lives,” Golden Bachelor media director Xiao Pu told Reuters.
“They use our agency to filter through suitable partners according to their physical appearance, personality, level of education, level of income and family background,” she added.
Some of the 22 ladies hoping to meet the billionaire of their dreams were also registered with the agency, while a lucky few were scouted to attend for free by the agency’s “love hunters”, or won tickets at beauty pageants sponsored by the agency.
The newspaper said that the bachelorettes, dressed in exquisite ball gowns, sang, danced and even cooked their way into the lonely men’s hearts during a talent show at the ball.
China’s number of known dollar billionaire has now reached 130, higher than any other country bar the United States.
