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Li Ka-shing is HK's richest: Forbes
(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-02-05 11:00
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Hong Kong's 40 richest people
1, Li Ka-shing
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Li Ka-shing, chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings). [Xinhua] |
Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings)
$21.3 billion
Age: 81
Marital Status: Widowed, 2 children
His Cheung Kong paid $100 million for shares in Russian aluminum maker Rusal ahead of its January Hong Kong listing; his Hutchison Whampoa offered $545 million to take its telecom subsidiary private. Li's been buying up shares in both firms. Oil firm Husky Energy, in which he has big stake, made another big gas discovery in the South China Sea in 2009.
2, Lee Shau Kee
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Lee Shau Kee, chairman of Hong Kong & China Gas. [Xinhua] |
Chairman of Hong Kong & China Gas
$19 billion
Age: 82
Marital Status: Divorced, 5 children
Lee's wealth rebounded, thanks in part to doubling share price of his property firm, Henderson Land. Active investor with stakes in such outperfomers as China Shenhua Energy. Hong Kong & China Gas distributes gas in more than 90 cities.
