Li Ka-shing is a Hong Kong businessman who founded the plastics manufacturer Cheung Kong Industries in 1950 and built it, through decades of property, ports, retail and telecommunications acquisitions, into the conglomerate now organized as CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings. Born in mainland China, he fled to Hong Kong as a child during the Second Sino-Japanese War and left school early to support his family after his father's death, working in a plastics trading company before starting his own manufacturing business. For many years ranked among the wealthiest people in Asia, he is widely known in Hong Kong by the nickname Superman for his business success.
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BirthplaceChao'an, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China 1 Defining ContributionFounded Cheung Kong Industries in 1950 and built it through decades of property, ports, retail and telecommunications acquisitions into the CK Hutchison Holdings conglomerate. 1 Notable Work Connections
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Li Ka-shing built his business empire as a group of holding companies overseeing separately run ports, retail, property and telecom businesses.
Source Li Ka-shing (Wikipedia)
Li Ka-shing built his conglomerate, including Cheung Kong Holdings and CK Hutchison, around real estate development and diversified holdings.
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1. Li Ka-shing (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph, parenthetical birth note
born 29 July 1928
Early life section, opening sentence
Li was born in Chao'an, Chaozhou, in Guangdong Province in 1928 to Teochew parents
Lead paragraph, first sentence
is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist
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In 1950, he started his own company, Cheung Kong Industries.
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previously served as chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings
- Associated With: Holding Company
In Group: Industrialists and Business Magnates, Lead section
Sir Ka-shing Li (Chinese: 李嘉誠; born 29 July 1928) is a Hong Kong tycoon and philanthropist.
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