Aw Boon Haw

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Aw Boon Haw
胡文虎
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Born	1882 Rangoon, British Burma
Died	1954 (1955) (aged 72) Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Other names	Balm King Tiger Balm King
Occupations	entrepreneur philanthropist
Known for	Haw Par Villas (his mansions) Tiger Balm (product of his company)
Board member of	Eng Aun Tong
Spouses	Tay Piah Hong Tan Kyi Kyi Ooi Geik Cheah Khoo Siew Eng
Children	Aw Kow (son) Aw Swan (son, adopted) Aw Hoe (son, deceased in 1951) Aw It Haw (son) Aw Jee Haw (son, died in wartime) Aw Sar Haw (ditto) Aw Sin Haw (son) Sally Aw (daughter) Aw Seng (daughter)
Parent	Aw Chu Kin (Father)
Relatives	Aw Boon Par (Younger brother)

Aw Boon-Haw (Chinese: 胡文虎; pinyin: Hú Wénhǔ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ô͘ Bûn-hó͘; 1882–1954), OBE, was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as founder of Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin, with his ancestral home in Yongding County, Fujian, China.