Lee Shau-kee
Lee Shau-kee | |||||||
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李兆基 | |||||||
 Lee in 2013 | |||||||
| Born | 20 February 1928 | ||||||
| Died | 17 March 2025 (aged 97) Central and Western District, Hong Kong | ||||||
| Citizenship | Hong Kong | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Founder and former long-time Chairman of Henderson Land Development ex-Chairman of Hong Kong and China Gas ex-Chairman of Miramar Hotel[1] | ||||||
| Spouse | Lau Wai-kuen (divorced) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Chinese | 李兆基 | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Lee Shau-kee GBM (Chinese: 李兆基; 20 February 1928 – 17 March 2025) was a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.[2] He was a real estate tycoon and majority owner of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with interests in property, hotels, restaurants and internet services in Hong Kong and other countries. In 2019, aged 91, Lee stepped down as chairman and managing director of the company, in favour of two of his sons, Peter and Martin Lee. He retained a role as an executive director.[3]
His personal wealth was estimated to be US$27.8 billion as of July 2024, making him the second wealthiest man in Hong Kong (behind Li Ka-shing), and the 63rd richest in the world.[4] Before the handover of Hong Kong in 1997, he was the fourth-richest person in the world.[5]
Philanthropy
[edit]Lee was one of the main sponsors of the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, having donated more than HK$20 million through the Lee Shau Kee Foundation.[6]
In 2007, he donated HK$500 million to the University of Hong Kong[7] and HK$400 million to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.[8]
In 2015, Lee donated a site in Yuen Long to charity organisation Po Leung Kuk for it to develop Hong Kong's biggest youth hostel. Lee announced that the units would be leased to young people between the ages of 18 and 30 at half the market rate.[9]
Other than public philanthropy, Lee had given his Henderson Land staff cash gifts to celebrate the birth of four of his grandchildren, in amounts totalling HK$60 million over a nine-year period.[10]
In May 2018, Lee donated HK$100 million to Hang Seng Management College supporting its strategic development.[11]
Positions
[edit]
- Founder, ex-Chairman and managing director, of Henderson Land Development[1]
- ex-Chairman of Hong Kong and China Gas[1]
- ex-Chairman of Miramar Hotel and Investment[1]
- Vice-Chairman and independent non-executive director of Sun Hung Kai Properties[1]
- Member of board of directors of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) and the Bank of East Asia[1]
- Named as part of Peter Storrie's consortium to buy Portsmouth Football Club[12]
Personal life and death
[edit]Lee had five children, including elder son Peter Lee Ka-kit and younger son Martin Lee Ka-shing, and eight grandchildren.[13][10]
Lee died at his residence on the evening on 17 March 2025, at the age of 97.[14]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Dr the Hon LEE Shau Kee". www.hld.com. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "Forbes Profile: Lee Shau Kee". Forbes. 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Hong Kong second richest man Lee Shau Kee steps down as property company chair". AFP via HKFP. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Real Time Billionaires". Forbes. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ "HK remains best place for business CCTV News - CNTV English". Archived from the original on 5 July 2012.
- ^ HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity "Main sponsor / personMain sponsor / person" Archived 4 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, 26 October 2010
- ^ "Dr Lee Shau Kee Donated HK$500M to HKU". HKU Giving. 17 March 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "$400M Donation to Support HKUST's Drive Towards World Class Excellence | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology". Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Tycoon Lee Shau-kee donates site for Hong Kong's biggest youth hostel". South China Morning Post. 16 January 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Hong Kong tycoon Lee Shau-kee hands out HK$15 million for birth of seventh grandchild". South China Morning Post. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "李兆基博士捐出港幣一億元 支持恒生管理學院長遠策略發展". Hang Seng Management College (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ Names revealed behind Portsmouth chief Storrie's consortium, Tribal Football, 2009
- ^ Top 10 richest Chinese in the world
- ^ "Henderson Land Group founder Lee Shau-kee passes away at 97". The Standard. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
External links
[edit]- Henderson Land Development
- Hong Kong and China Gas (controlled by Lee's Henderson Land Development)
- Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong located in Lee Shau Kee building in Shatin.
- http://www.leeshaukee.com.hk/tch/main/index.aspx
- Cantonese people
- 1928 births
- 2025 deaths
- Bank of East Asia
- Billionaires from Guangdong
- Businesspeople from Guangdong
- Henderson Land Development
- Hong Kong Affairs Advisors
- Hong Kong bankers
- Hong Kong billionaires
- Hong Kong Buddhists
- Hong Kong chief executives
- Hong Kong hoteliers
- Hong Kong investors
- Hong Kong people of Shun Tak descent
- Hong Kong philanthropists
- Hong Kong real estate businesspeople
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 1998–2000
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2000–2005
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
- Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
- Members of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
- Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong
- People from Foshan
- Recipients of the Grand Bauhinia Medal
- Sun Hung Kai Properties people