Li Ka-shing

Senior Advisor, CK Hutchison Holdings

$37.68B

$171.9M (-0.5%)

as of 03/31/25

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 96)

Number of children

Education

Drop Out, High School

Self-made

self-made

Li Ka-shing’s fortune is worth

628K

troy ounces of gold

580K

median U.S. household

377K

median U.S. income

0.754%

U.S. credit card volume

0.151%

GDP of the United States

0.111%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Li says it took him five minutes in 2007 to decide to invest in Facebook, even though it barely had any revenues. He also invested in Siri and Spotify.

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

Zoom Video Communications