Li Ka -shing is one of the richest wealthy people in Asia.
On February 22, "Forbes" announced the 2024 Hong Kong 50 rich list, and the overall wealth of the 50 rich people in Hong Kong fell 9%to $ 296 billion.
The stock price of Changhe Cheng, the founder of the Changhe Department Li Jiacheng, fell by one -third from last year, but he still has a $ 36.2 billion (approximatelyHoly RMB 260 billion) continued to become the richest man in Hong Kong.
Real estate tycoon Li Zhaoji still ranks second in the 2024 Hong Kong Rich List, but his net worth has also dropped to $ 27 billion (about aboutRMB 194.2 billion).
The Zheng Jiachun family of New World Development ranked third with a net worth of $ 22.1 billion.
Public information shows that Li Ka -shing was born on July 29, 1928 in Chaoan County, Chaozhou, Guangdong, and his ancestral home was in Chaoshan area, Guangdong.
In June 1939, Li Ka -shing, who was just studying in junior high school, was transferred to Hong Kong with his family, and began investing in real estate in 1958.In 1979, he purchased the old British -funded business bank "Hutchison Whampoa" and became the first Chinese to acquire British -funded business banks.
Since being rated as the global richest man in the world in 1999, Li Ka -shing has been the Rician of the Chinese richest man for 15 consecutive years.
For more than 70 years in the business community, Li Jiachengs business category also covers many European and American.
As early as the 1980s, he took out the shares of more than half of the Husky Energy of Canada in CanadaBig shareholders.
In addition to North America, Li Ka -shing also has a lot of investment in the UK. Previously, it was called "buying half of the British people" by British media.
It is reported that the Li Ka -shing family had acquired in the early days and had mastered the important peoples livelihood infrastructure resources.
Some media earlier statistics, the Li Jiacheng family controlled the about 1/4 of the power distribution market in the UK, nearly 30%of the natural gas supply market, nearly 7%of the water supply market, exceeding 40%of over 40%The telecommunications market, nearly one -third of the British dock, over 500,000 square meters of land resources.
Assets categories, the investment of the Li Jiacheng family in the UK is mainly concentrated in the fields of infrastructure, telecommunications, retail industry, power grid, water, pipeline gas, real estate and other fields.
However, in recent years, Li Ka -shing is selling British assets.
In November 2020, it sold its telecommunications infrastructure business in the European market with 10 billion euros. In March 2022, the Yangtze River Industry sold the London office held by its company in the British London office held by its companyBuilding 5 BroadGate all equity, with a price of 729 million pounds (about 6 billion yuan).
The outside worlds evaluation of Li Ka -shing is mixed. Some people think that he is a businessman who seek huge profits, and some people think that his donation investment in the field of medical health, research and education,Contribution.
What kind of person Li Ka -shing is, perhaps only a hundred years later for future generations to evaluate.
Author | Zhang Xiaolei
