Victor Li Tzar-kuoi
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| Native name | 李澤鉅 |
| Born |
1 August 1964 British Hong Kong |
| Citizenship | Hong Kong, Canada |
| Alma mater |
St. Paul's Co-educational College Stanford University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Organization | CK Hutchison Holdings |
| Spouse(s) | Wong Lai-kui |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) |
Li Ka-shing Chong Yuet Ming |
| Relatives | Richard Li (brother) |
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| Chinese | 李澤鉅 | ||||||||||
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Victor Li Tzar-kuoi, scion of Hong Kong's richest family, is a businessman, currently the Group Co-Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited. He is the elder son of tycoon Li Ka-shing and the brother of Richard Li.[1]
Early years
Born in Hong Kong on 1 August 1964,[2] Victor Li attended the St. Paul's Co-educational College in Hong Kong, and holds a B.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering and a M.Sc. degree in Civil Engineering from Stanford University.[3]
Victor Li was kidnapped in 1996 on his way home after work by notorious gangster "Big Spender" Cheung Tze-keung. Sir Li Ka-shing paid a ransom of HK$1 billion. He is said to have been released after one night.[4] A report was never filed with Hong Kong police. Instead the case was pursued by Mainland authorities, leading to Big Spender's execution, an outcome not possible under Hong Kong law. Rumours circulated of a deal between Sir Li and the Mainland.[4]
Business career
Victor Li currently holds the following positions:
- Group Co-Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited[5]
- Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited[6]
- Chairman of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited[7]
- Executive Chairman of CK Life Sciences Int'l., (Holdings) Inc., since 2002[3]
- Non-executive Director of Power Assets Holdings Limited[8]
- Co-Chairman of Husky Energy Inc.[9]
- Director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation[3]
Other positions
Victor Li serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3] He is also a member of the Commission on Strategic Development of Hong Kong. Li is the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce,[10] and is also the Honorary Consul, for Barbados in Hong Kong.[11]
References
Jyutping transliteration from Cantonese to Jyutping. J2DB. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ Insight: HK's Victor Li, son of "Superman", has hard act to follow
- ↑ "Victor Li." Iris Leung. Canadian Encyclopedia. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- 1 2 3 4 "CK Life Sciences Intl Holdings Inc (0775.HK)" section Biographies. Reuters. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- 1 2 "Kidnapper of Li Ka-shing's son rang tycoon to ask where he should invest HK$1billion ransom." Mimi Lau. South China Morning Post. Alibaba. 29 November 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "Victor Li: CK Hutchison not withdrawing from China." EJ Insight. Hong Kong Economic Journal. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "Cheung Kong’s Victor Li Says Open to Sale of City Buildings." Frederik Balfour. Bloomberg News. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "What is behind the restructuring of CKI and Power Assets?" Ben Kwok. EJ Insight. Hong Kong Economic Journal. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "Board of Directors" section Non-executive Director. Power Assets. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ "Victor Li acquires Canada's Reliance Home Comfort for C$2.8 billion." John Tilak. Reuters. 31 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ↑ http://www.chamber.org.hk/memberarea/committee/gc/memberlist.asp
- ↑ Profile of Mr. Li, Life Sciences division Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine.