How did one of Hong Kong’s biggest media tycoons come to found a science award that has recognised and honoured individuals who have made more than 60 notable discoveries and significant contributions that changed the course of history?

Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist Run Run Shaw – impressed by what the Nobel Prize had accomplished – set up the prestigious Shaw Prize in 2002.

Today, the Shaw Prize, first presented in 2004, is awarded in three categories, astronomy, life science and medicine, and mathematical sciences – each bearing a monetary prize of US$1.2 million – and is widely respected throughout the scientific community.

Full article: Shaw Prize turns 20: what it took to establish the ‘Nobel Prize of the East’ (SCMP.COM)