Hong Kong property tycoon Lee Shau Kee dies at 97
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Hong Kong property magnate Lee Shau Kee, one of the city’s richest men, died on Monday at the age of 97, Henderson Land, the group that he founded, said in a statement.
Hong Kong property magnate Lee Shau Kee, one of the city’s richest men, died on Monday at the age of 97, Henderson Land, the group that he founded, said in a statement. Nicknamed “Uncle Four” as he was the fourth oldest among his siblings, Lee was born into a middle-class family which owned gold and silver shops in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. He moved to Hong Kong when he was 20 years old and founded his own property firm, Henderson Land, in 1976. He remained as chairman until his retirement in May 2019. The company is jointly controlled by his two sons, Peter and Martin Lee. Lee Shau Kee had a wealth estimated at $30 billion by Forbes before he died. Like the city’s other tycoon families, Lee’s empire went beyond real estate, with holdings in companies ranging from energy to retail to transport. And also like his peers, Lee’s success had partly ridden on a good relationship with former Chinese leaders. As part of a delegation of Hong Kong tycoons, Lee visited China to meet former Chinese paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and once sat next to the late former President Jiang Zemin, photos on his personal website showed.
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