Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bruce Rockowitz

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Bruce Rockowitz[edit]

The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)‎ Actualcpscm (talk) 11:01, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Fails WP:GNG. The Barrons source is the only one that covers him in detail. Other sources that I was able to locate only mention Rockowitz in passing, which is not WP:SIGCOV. Actualcpscm (talk) 16:36, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Businesspeople-related deletion discussions. Actualcpscm (talk) 16:36, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Withdrawn by nominator: I think this is quite a clear case now, editors have found a great many sources on this person. Actualcpscm (talk) 11:00, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Tennis and Canada. Hey man im josh (talk) 16:43, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Hong Kong-related deletion discussions. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:49, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - since most of the things that he did were while he was in Hong Kong, he may have decent coverage in HK sources - worth a look if anyone is confident doing a HK source search. Spiderone^{(Talk to Spider)} 17:50, 13 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Uncontroversial keep per WP:GNG. @Actualcpscm: Looks like you need to get registered for Wikipedia Library, as you easily qualify. ProQuest immediately turned up a major feature article in South China Morning Post which I've now added to the article. (There are several sizeable paragraphs of prose / facts / commentary, even if we were to completely ignore the fact that the second half is a Q&A interview.) Sure, the article could be improved and brought up to date, and we should add more sources to it, but these are not grounds for deletion per WP:ATA. Cielquiparle (talk) 04:11, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent reliable sources. The subject passes Wikipedia:Notability (people)#Basic criteria, which says:
People are presumed notable if they have received significant coverage in multiple published secondary sources that are reliable, intellectually independent of each other, and independent of the subject.
- If the depth of coverage in any given source is not substantial, then multiple independent sources may be combined to demonstrate notability; trivial coverage of a subject by secondary sources is not usually sufficient to establish notability.
Sources
1. Zhong, Isabella (2015-08-11). "Advantage Mr Rockowitz". Barron's. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  The article notes: "As a former tennis pro, Global Brands CEO Bruce Rockowitz knows that having an accurate serve or a big forehand aren’t enough to win matches. A tenacious mind and a can-do attitude are just as important. ... For all his corporate commitments, Rockowitz remains committed to his passion for sports and fitness, and has even made a business of it. He is co-founder and chairman of Hong Kong-based fitness and yoga chain Pure International."
2. Sheng, Ellen (2016-02-11). "Bruce Rockowitz Wants Global Brands Group to Be a Fashion Force". Women's Wear Daily. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  The article notes: "Bruce Rockowitz seems an unlikely purveyor of American apparel brands. First of all, he’s Canadian. Secondly, he arrived in Hong Kong not as someone dreaming of breaking into the fashion world but as a semi-pro tennis player who decided to take a year off from college and kick around on the circuit before heading back to North America. But that year turned into more than 30, and Rockowitz’s tennis background led him into the apparel world, where his career trajectory propelled him to chief executive officer of Hong Kong-based sourcing giant Li & Fung."
3. Tsang, Denise (2011-06-25). "Well served by a change of game". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  The article notes: "He may have been born in Canada and raised in Boston, but after 32 years here Bruce Rockowitz sees himself as a Hong Kong native. Last month he was tapped to be president and chief executive officer of Li & Fung, the global trading concern. In hindsight, quips the 52-year-old, his purchase of an US$800 air ticket from Boston to Hong Kong in 1979 was the best investment he has ever made, his ticket to a career in supply-chain management. He also owns a 20-strong fitness and restaurant chain called Pure Group, which has outlets in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and New York."
4. "Bruce Rockowitz named in offshore property deal probe". The Guardian. 2012-11-28. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14 – via South China Morning Post.
  The article notes: "Hong Kong billionaire Bruce Rockowitz has been named by the Guardian as part of a major investigation into the use of offshore companies to obscure the real identities behind secretive British property deals. Rockowitz - president and chief executive of garment wholesalers Li & Fung, husband of pop star Coco Lee and one of Hong Kong's most successful expatriate businessmen - bought a luxury London flat and transferred it to an associate using an opaque offshore technique."
5. Leigh, David; Frayman, Harold; Ball, James (2012-11-26). "How secret offshore firms feed London's property boom". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  The article notes: "Another businessman, the billionaire chief executive Bruce Rockowitz, who runs the Hong-Kong-based garment wholesalers Li & Fung, bought a luxury London flat in Cadogan Square, Knightsbridge, and transferred it to an associate using an exceptionally opaque offshore technique."
6. Shenq, Stanley Lim Peir; Cheong, Mun Hong (2018). Value Investing in Asia: The Definitive Guide to Investing in Asia. Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley. pp. 44–45. ISBN 978-1-119-39118-0. Retrieved 2023-06-14 – via Google Books.
  The book notes: "L&F hasn't been shy with engaging external talent. In May 2011, Bruce Rockowitz took over from William Fung as L&F's CEO. Rockowitz had been an executive director of the group since 2001 and president since 2004. Rockowitz joined the group after a company he co-founded was acquired by L&F. And after the fourth-generation family member, Spencer Fung, took over as CEO of L&F in July 2014, Rockowitz was appointed as CEO of the newly listed Global Brands Group Holdings Limited."
There is sufficient coverage in reliable sources to allow Bruce Rockowitz (simplified Chinese: 乐裕民; traditional Chinese: 樂裕民) to pass Wikipedia:Notability#General notability guideline, which requires "significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 06:53, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep Cunard sets out the policy and sources in great detail, and Cielquiparle has kindly expanded the article. Thank you to both. Edwardx (talk) 10:37, 14 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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