Sir Chung-kong Chow GBM, GBS, JP, FREng, FCGI, FIChemE (Chinese: 周松崗; Jyutping: zau1 cung4 gong1; born 9 September 1950), also known as Chow Chung-kong and C.K. Chow, is a former non-official member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong, and the chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which owns the Hong Kong stock exchange. The Hong Kong media once described Chow as one of the most powerful Chinese men in the western world.