Bruce Rockowitz

Born in 1958, Rockowitz grew up in Boston, Massachusetts. Rockowitz dropped out of the University of Vermont to play tennis professionally in Hong Kong in 1979. He became head tennis coach at the Hong Kong Country Club, where he taught the then-chairman of Li & Fung. ==Career==

Rockowitz was hired by fellow Canadian immigrant Allan Zeman after a chance meeting in an ice-cream parlor in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong. He is the co-founder and non-executive chairman of The Pure Group fitness and restaurant chain. Rockowitz is a member of the advisory boards for the Wharton School's Jay H Baker Retailing Center and the Fashion Institute of Technology. ==Personal life==

Rockowitz is Jewish. He has two daughters from his first marriage. For his birthday in 2008, then-fiancée Lee hosted a party at Hong Kong's Grand Hyatt hotel, guests included Philip Green, Richard Caring, Solomon Lew, and Marc Ecko, and performers included Dita von Teese, Lionel Richie, Rihanna, Jewel, and David Blaine. Rockowitz married the Hong Kong singer Coco Lee in a Jewish ceremony Lee died in 2023, after twelve years of marriage. Rockowitz was blamed by some for allegedly cheating on Lee. There were reports saying that Lee and her husband had been separated for some time before she died, and that they were due to sign the divorce papers in July 2023. When asked, "Can you say something to Coco?" on 1 August 2023 outside the crematorium where he was mobbed by Coco's fans, Rockowitz said, "I love her. My whole life." ==References==