Li Ka-shing

Senior Advisor, CK Hutchison Holdings

$42.43B

$197.2M (-0.5%)

as of 12/05/25

About Li Ka-shing

Nicknamed Superman, Li Ka-shing is revered as one of the most influential businessmen in Asia.

Li retired as chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and CK Asset Holdings in 2018 but remains senior advisor.

His son Victor now heads the conglomerate, which has more than 300,000 employees and operates in more than 50 nations.

Li started Cheung Kong Plastics, named after the Yangtze River, in 1950 at age 21 with $6,500 in savings and loans from relatives.

His Li Ka Shing Foundation has donated more than $3.8 billion; over 80% has gone to Greater China.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Hong Kong

Source of wealth

Diversified

Residence

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

06/13/28 (age 97)

Number of children

Education

Drop Out, High School

Self-made

self-made

Li Ka-shing’s fortune is worth

707K

troy ounces of gold

653K

median U.S. household

424K

median U.S. income

0.849%

U.S. credit card volume

0.17%

GDP of the United States

0.125%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

At age 12, Li fled China with his family. Two years later his father, who had been a primary school principal in China but then worked at a watch factory, died.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

NASDAQ | CELH-US

Celsius Holdings

NYSE | CVE-US

cenovus energy - Common Stock

HONG KONG | 1113-HK

CK Asset Holdings

HONG KONG | 1-HK

CK Hutchison

HONG KONG | 1038-HK

CK Infrastructure Holdings

TORONTO | HSE-CA

Husky Energy Inc.

HONG KONG | 215-HK

Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

TORONTO | NXE-CA

NexGen Energy, Ltd

HONG KONG | 1658-HK

Postal Savings Bank of China

NASDAQ | ZM-US

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