Vicky Xu’s new Global Group Lifestyle & Sports Club highlights her deep love and respect for horses
Global Group Focus
For Vicky Xu, it all started in Mongolia. That was where she fell in love with horses and from where a lifelong respect and adoration for these noble and magnificent animals first took root.
“I have loved horses since I was eight years old,” says Xu, whose first riding experience took place during a summer holiday in Mongolia with her father. “He believed in the benefits of horse riding for children, both physically and mentally.”
Mongolia’s horses can be wild, but Xu remembers talking to her horse before climbing on its back in an attempt to calm him, asking that he be gentle, as it was her first time to ride. Horses are renowned for being sensitive to human emotions and interacting with people.
As a result, Xu says, “I had an amazing first-time experience on horseback, and since then I have been in love with horses.” While she continues to ride in Hong Kong and London, she also wished to enhance her equestrian engagement.
This year, therefore, Xu, who is vice-chairman of the Global Group, a venture capital investment company based in Hong Kong with businesses across the world, established Global Group Lifestyle & Sports Club.
“I had an amazing first-time experience on horseback, and since then I have been in love with horses.”—Vicky Xu
The Club is a high-end, premium establishment that integrates horse racing and other sports entertainment industries with sophisticated lifestyle events for its members. They include such highly prestigious dates on the racing calendar as Royal Ascot, Glorious Goodwood in the UK, the Kentucky Derby in the US and the Dubai World Cup etc.
