Ali has appointed a new independent director, which has attracted a lot of attention. This new independent director is Li Lilian. Many people may wonder, what is the origin of this Li Xuanlian, and why can she become the new independent director of Ali?
This Li Lilian is definitely not simple, and her real wealth may be more than Ma Yun. Ma Yun's wealth mainly comes from Ali's stock, but this year Ali's market value has been declining, in fact, Ma Yun's net worth has shrunk a lot.
So what is the origin of the lotus? Why is it said that she is richer than Ma Yun? At the beginning of this year, Hong Kong rich Man Lu Yanqun died, which was also a sensation at that time.
Lu Yanqun is known as the last famous woman in Hong Kong, her emerald gem is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, a set of cheongsam is worth millions, and Lu Yanqun is the mother of Li Xuanlian. Li Xuanlian's father is Li Xiaohe, the founder of Hong Kong TVB. Known as the king of causeway bay in Hong Kong, many of the land in Causeway Bay belong to their family, and now these lands have been built into a lot of properties to collect rent. The total value of these properties is more than 100 billion, and Li Li Lian can collect billions of rents every year.
The family is not simple, he has been rich for several generations. Originally the Li Li Lian family can be traced back to Li Xi Shen' grandfather Li Xi Shen. Lixan was born in the United States, and his father went to the United States to pan for gold that year, and gave birth to Lihsian in the United States.
As a teenager, Li Xishen returned to Hong Kong with his father, after which he entered Queen's College. This academy is also remarkable, and Ho Hongshen and Fok Yingdong later graduated from here. Not long ago, on the anniversary of this school, He Chaofeng and Huo Qigang also attended the event together and delivered a speech.
Li Hysan became a teacher at the school after graduation, and Lee grew up in the United States, so he could speak fluent English. So Li Xishen gave up his job as a teacher and began to work as a comprador in a foreign firm. At that time, the sale of public tobacco was still legal, so Li Xishen and his friends successfully bid for a public tobacco license.
With this public tobacco business, Lee Soon became the richest man in Hong Kong. Li Xishen also invested the huge profits earned from public tobacco into other legitimate businesses. At that time, Li Xishen was on a par with Ho Hung-sun's grandfather, Ho Tung, and both were super-rich people in Hong Kong.
However, when he was in his 40s, Li Xishen was suddenly shot and assassinated while out eating. The result of this matter has not yet been found. After Lixan's death, his children inherited his vast business. However, they gave up Lixisan's public tobacco business and began to do legitimate business.
Before His death, Li Hysan had spent $3.5 million to buy a large tract of land in Hong Kong's East Point from Jardine Matheson & Co. in Hong Kong. This is today's Causeway Bay. At that time, it was still a mountain. Among Li Xishen's sons, the most outstanding ones are Li Mingze and Li Xiaohe.
Li Mingze was a patriotic entrepreneur who gave up his huge family business in Hong Kong during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and ran to the mainland to participate in the Anti-Japanese War, once working as a secretary in Guangzhou. He was stationed in Jiangmen for a while, and thus met a girl from Jiangmen and gave birth to a child.
However, because of the war, the family was later separated. After the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Li Mingze returned to Hong Kong and sent people to the mainland many times to search for it, but there was no result. After the reform and opening up, Li Mingze actively invested in the construction of the mainland and made no small contribution to the economic development of the mainland.
Li Xiaohe did not initially work in the family company, but started his own business outside, he had a lot of business outside, invested in soda factories. In the 1960s, Lee Hsiao-ho worked with Run Run Shaw to found TVB. When it comes to TVB, many people only know Run Run Shaw, in fact, TVB was originally chairman of Li Xishen.
However, it is very unfortunate that Li Xiaohe died of a heart attack very early. Li Xishen was more than a teenager away from his wife Lu Yanqun. Lu Yanqun was also born in a wealthy family, his grandfather was the founder of the Bank of Guangdong, and his father was also a wealthy businessman. Lu Yanqun studied abroad very early, and after returning to Hong Kong, he married Li Xiaohe. After the death of her husband, Lu Yanqun supported a huge family business.
Lu Yanqun entrusted TVB to Shaw to manage, and at the same time sold a lot of business, and then used the money to invest in stocks. Lu Yanqun said that he did not know how to do business, but he could invest in those who knew how to do business, and there were shares of Lu Yanqun in many blue-chip stocks in Hong Kong, such as Li Ka-shing's Hutchison Whampoa.
Lu Yanqun is also very smart, and under her impetus, their family has also begun to vigorously develop the land in Causeway Bay. They first leveled the mountain and then used it to build hotels, and then they built shopping malls and office buildings here. After years of development, lee gardens in Causeway Bay are now their assets, as well as Leighton Centre, Hysan Centre and so on.
There is a road in Causeway Bay called Hysan Road, and the whole road belongs to the Li hysan family. Their properties in Causeway Bay alone are worth more than 100 billion. After Lu Yanqun got older, the family company was also handed over to his sons and nephews to manage, and now it was handed over to his daughter Li Xuanlian to manage.
Last year, Li Lilian took out another 20 billion yuan to buy a new piece of land in Hong Kong, intending to build a new complex. After completion, Li Li Lian can collect hundreds of millions of dollars more rent every year.
Li Ka-shing sold Century Club in Shanghai last year, and the complex sold for 2.5 billion yuan, and the person who took over the order was Li Lilian. In fact, Plaza 66 in Shanghai, the most profitable commercial center in the mainland, also has a stake in the Li Li Lian family. The project was developed by Hong Kong billionaire Chan Kai-chung, but the other shareholder is the Lee Lee Family.
Plaza 66 currently has an annual rental income of around $2 billion. When Li Ka-shing developed oriental plaza in Beijing, the Li Xuanlian family also wanted to participate. At that time, they had already promised Zhou Kaixuan, but later they withdrew, which became a regret of their family.
Now lilylian has become an independent director of Alibaba, which also proves the real influence of their family in China. In fact, a tycoon like the Li Li Lian family is really rich. They have a large number of properties to collect rent, and the rent they receive each year will continue to invest, year after year, you can imagine how rich they really are.