Lee Shau-kee GBM (; born 7 March 1928 in

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business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is a real estate tycoon and majority owner of

Henderson Land Development Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd. () is a listed property developer in Hong Kong and a constituent of the Hang Seng Index. The company's principal activities are property development and investment, project management, construction, hotel op ...

, a property conglomerate with interests in property, hotels, restaurants and internet services. In 2019, aged 91, Lee stepped down as chairman and managing director of the company, in favour of two of his sons, Peter and Martin Lee. He retains a role as an executive director. His personal wealth is estimated to be US$33.0 billion as of July 2021, making him the second wealthiest man in Hong Kong (behind

Li Ka-shing Sir Ka-shing Li (; born 13 June 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. As of June 2019, Li is the 31st richest person in the world, with an estimated net wealth of US$33.4 billion. He is the senior ad ...

), and the 43rd richest in the world. Before the

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in 1997, he was the fourth-richest person in world. Since 2006, Lee has accrued profits from his holdings of

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-controlled stocks. He is also known as "Uncle Four", one of the very few fourth-born children in the world to have become a multi-billionaire.
South China Morning Post. Retrieved December 2015.

Philanthropy

Lee is one of the main sponsors of the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, having donated more than HK$20 million through the Lee Shau Kee Foundation. In 2007, he donated HK$500 million to the

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and HK$400 million to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. In 2015, Lee donated a site in

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to charity organisation

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for it to develop Hong Kong's biggest youth hostel. Lee announced that the units would be leased to young people between the ages of 18 and 30 at half the market rate. Other than public philanthropy, Lee has given his Henderson Land staff cash gifts to celebrate the birth of four of his grandchildren, in amounts totalling HK$60 million over a nine-year period. In May 2018, Lee donated HK$100 million to Hang Seng Management College supporting its strategic development.

Current positions

*Founder, ex-Chairman and managing director, of

*ex-Chairman of Hong Kong and China Gas *ex-Chairman of Miramar Hotel and Investment *Vice-Chairman and independent non-executive director of

Sun Hung Kai Properties Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP; ) is a listed corporation and the largest property developer in Hong Kong as of 2019. The company is controlled by the Kwok family trust, largely the Kwok brothers. The Kwok family trust was set up by Kw ...

*Member of board of directors of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) and the

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*Named as part of Peter Storrie's consortium to buy Portsmouth Football ClubNames revealed behind Portsmouth chief Storrie's consortium
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Family

Lee has five children, including elder son Peter Lee Ka-kit and younger son Martin Lee Ka-shing, and eight grandchildren.Top 10 richest Chinese in the world
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Henderson Land DevelopmentHong Kong and China Gas
(controlled by Lee's Henderson Land Development)
Faculty of Law, Chinese University of Hong Kong
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