Peter Lee Ka Kit, GBM, GBS, JP, (born May 20, 1963), is a businessman and philanthropist from Hong Kong, the elder son of real estate tycoon and majority owner and founder 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 ope ...

Lee Shau-kee Lee Shau-kee (; 20 February 1928 – 17 March 2025) was a Hong Kong business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He was a real estate tycoon and majority owner of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with interests in prop ...

. Lee is the co-chairman of Henderson Land Development,

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and the chairman of Towngas China. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, a member of the National Committee of the CPPCC (1998-), chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, and honorary president of the Hong Kong China Friendship Association.

Personal life

Born in Hong Kong in 1963, with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. He was admitted to St. Paul's Primary School in 1969. Since 1977, he began attending secondary school and later, the University of London (UoL) in the UK. He graduated from the computer science department of the

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in 1985. In 1985, he joined his father's company Henderson Land as an Executive Director, focusing on its mainland China business. His father, Lee Shau-kee, born in a wealthy family in Shunde, Guangdong, his grandfather owned several gold trading shops.

Career

In 1985, he joined his father's company Henderson Land as an executive director, focusing on its mainland China business. In addition to leading the mainland China business of Henderson Land. In 2014, he founded Full Vision Capital. In 2021, he launched the TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition (TERA-Award). Lee has given support to a range of philanthropic endeavours and charities. He founded the Care for Life Foundation in 2017 to provide financial assistance and medical care to orphans and impoverished children born with defects and disabilities. He founded the Centum Charitas Foundation in 2008 to bring together second and third-generation members of Hong Kong's prominent entrepreneurial families to support philanthropic causes. He joined the Ai You Foundation, a children's welfare charity, in 2009 and is vice director.

Awards and honours

Grand Bauhinia Medal The Grand Bauhinia Medal () is the highest award under the Decorations and medals of Hong Kong, Hong Kong honours and awards system; it is to recognise the selected person's lifelong and highly significant contribution to the well-being of Hong ...

(GBM) *

Gold Bauhinia Star The Gold Bauhinia Star (, GBS) is the highest rank in Order of the Bauhinia Star, under the Order (distinction), honours system of Hong Kong, created in 1997 to replace the British honours system after the Handover of Hong Kong, transfer of sovere ...

(GBS) * Justice of the Peace (JP) * Honorary Trustee of

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* 2009 Honorary University Fellows, the University of Hong Kong * Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur by the French Government * Huang Yanpei Outstanding Award from the National Association of Vocational Education of China * Most Benevolent and Philanthropic Individual from the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the People's Republic of China

External links

Henderson China (former HKEx: 0246) info

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Peter Ka-kit 1963 births Living people Henderson Land Development Hong Kong Buddhists Hong Kong financial businesspeople Hong Kong businesspeople in real estate Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017 Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021 Recipients of the Gold Bauhinia Star