A casino tycoon & his 17 children are part of real-life Succession drama

To keep public conflicts largely at bay, some of the offspring have gone their own way, leaving management of the casino empire to a select few

From an outsider’s view, the Ho dynasty would seem to have all the makings of a super-sized, real-life version of HBO’s “Succession.”

The patriarch, the late Stanley Ho, fathered 17 children with four different women he called wives, making for a sprawling and complex family tree that’s had its share of disputes.

“If you only have a core business, you definitely cannot involve everyone,” said Winnie Peng, an adjunct associate professor who studies Asian family businesses at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. “With 17 children, how do you give them different positions and ensure they don’t fight against each