Gender: male
Date of birth: 1928
Ancestral home: Chaoan, Guangdong
1940 to Hong Kong.
1943 worked as a shop assistant in a watch shop.
1945 worked as a salesman in a rubber factory.
1950 set up Changjiang plastics factory.
Li Ka-shing, a famous plastic dealer, real estate tycoon and outstanding century entrepreneur. After decades of hard work, we have developed into a diversified enterprise kingdom from scratch. From starting a plastic company to investing in the real estate industry, I now focus on the information industry and become the king of mobile phones. Major overseas investments include Haschi petroleum industry, Felicity container port in Britain, Panama Canal port and Beijing Oriental Plaza. Key investment projects include real estate, ports, communications, hotels, retail, infrastructure and energy, with investment locations in 2 1 countries and regions around the world. Although Li Ka-shing has long been a wealthy Chinese businessman, his house was 30 years ago, and he still takes civil aviation flights every time he travels. But he did not forget to repay the society and donate to welfare undertakings. Since the 1970s, he has donated 2.8 billion yuan to support education in Hong Kong and the Mainland, and built hospitals and nursing homes for the elderly. According to his contribution, last year, he was named "entrepreneur of the century" by Ernst & Young and Time magazine. This honor was selected from 15 outstanding entrepreneurs who made great contributions to society. Li Ka-shing deserved to win the championship, and he is also one of the most influential international figures today.
1928 was born in Chaozhou, Guangdong, and his father was a primary school principal.
1940, the whole family fled to Hong Kong to escape the oppression of the Japanese invaders. Two years later, my father died of illness. In order to support his mother and three siblings, Youku Li Ka-shing was forced to drop out of school to make a living in society. First, Li Ka-shing sells in a toy manufacturing company. Although busy with work, Li Ka-shing, who dropped out of school, still went to night school to study and catch up with culture in his spare time. Because of diligence and cleverness, he was promoted to the general manager of plastic toy factory before he was 20 years old. Two years later, Li Ka-shing seized the opportunity to set up his own plastic factory with the $7,000 he usually saved. He named it "Changjiang Plastic Factory".
From 65438 to 0958, Li Ka-shing began to invest in the real estate market. With its unique vision and shrewd development strategy, "Changjiang" has quickly become a major real estate development and investment industrial company in Hong Kong. When Changjiang Industry 1972 went public, its shares were oversubscribed by 65 times. By the end of 1970s, he had stood out among the tycoons of his generation.
From 65438 to 0979, "Changjiang" acquired Hutchison Whampoa, an old British-owned firm, and Li Ka-shing became the first China person to acquire a British-owned firm.
1984, "Changjiang" purchased the controlling stake of "Hongkong Electric Company". Mr. Li Ka-shing is currently Chairman and General Manager of the Board of Directors of Cheung Kong Industrial Group Co., Ltd. and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. 1994 The after-tax profit of the enterprises it manages reached 2.8 billion US dollars.
199565438+in February, the total market value of the three listed companies under Cheung Kong Industrial Group has exceeded 42 billion US dollars.
Li Ka-shing Calendar 1928 July 29th (June 13th of the lunar calendar) Li Ka-shing was born at No.5, Beimen Street Line Lane, Fucheng (now Xiangqiao District), Chaoan County, Guangdong Province.
1933 Li Ka-shing entered Guan Hai Temple Primary School in Beimen Street, Fucheng, Chaoan County. 1936 Li Ka-shing transferred to Chongsheng Primary School in Anbu Town, Chaoan County with his father until 1938.
June 1939 Li Ka-shing went to Guo Long Primary School in Chaoan County with his father. On June 2 1 day, the Japanese invaders occupied Shantou, and the next day they occupied Anbu Town, Chao 'an County.
/kloc-at the beginning of 0/940, Li Ka-shing took refuge with his father in Hougou Village, Longdu Town, Chenghai County, where his grandmother Xu Shi was born. Soon, the whole family fled to Songkeng Village in Wenci Town to escape the war. At the end of that year, Li Ka-shing followed his father from Songkeng Village, Wenci Town, and fled to Hong Kong through hardships. Later, Li Ka-shing did not forget to teach himself and enrich himself.
Li Ka-shing's father died unfortunately. From then on, Li Ka-shing had to shoulder the burden of supporting his mother and raising his younger brother and sister in advance. Later, he worked as a clerk in a watch shop on Goldman Sachs Street in Hong Kong. Two years later, he worked as a salesman in a hardware factory and a plastic belt factory.
1948 Li Ka-shing was the business manager of the plastic factory, and was later promoted to general manager.
1950 Li Ka-shing used his savings for many years and borrowed HK$ 50,000 from relatives and friends to set up a small plastic factory called "Changjiang".
1957 Established "Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd." in North Point, Hong Kong.