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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 皇冠体育app Sea in 2009.
2, Lee Shau Kee
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Lee Shau Kee, chairman of Hong Kong & 皇冠体育app Gas. [Xinhua] |
Chairman of Hong Kong & 皇冠体育app 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 皇冠体育app Shenhua Energy. Hong Kong & 皇冠体育app Gas distributes gas in more than 90 cities.
