His daughter, who has been with her partner for almost ten years at this point, has remained close with her father, and they have agreed to disagree. He recently increased the dowry to $130 million in the hope that someone would prove appropriate. For her part, his daughter has said that she will comply, as long as her suitor donates the money to charity, and accepts that she is already married to her partner. Cecil Chao is also a well known ladies man. He has claimed to have slept with over 10,000 different women and is frequently seen attending charity events with a much younger woman, or women.