China's new real estate brother: assets rose to 160 billion, and each grandson was given a big red envelope of 1 billion yuan
The 2023 Hurun Report was officially released not long ago, and this list of the richest people who have attracted much attention from the outside world has attracted the attention of countless people. This year, many familiar names are back on the list, but there are also some new faces that catch the eye. On the Hurun Report, we can see some well-known entrepreneurs and tycoons, such as Zhong Sui in the beverage industry, Huang Zheng in the Internet industry, Zeng Yuqun in the new energy industry, and Li Shufu family in the automobile manufacturing industry.
According to the industry distribution sub-list released by the Hurun Report, this year's "real estate brother" is Lee Shau-kee, the founder of Henderson Land, who is worth 160 billion yuan at the age of 95, and his ranking has risen by 3 places. Lee Shau Kee, who was born in the twenties of the last century, is the fourth oldest in the family, also known as the "fourth uncle" by the outside world, and is one of the four major families in Hong Kong. He became the richest man in Asia in the nineties, and at that time he was the fourth richest person in the world.
Lee Shau Kee has been very "wealthy" since he was a child, and his father is a gold shop, mainly engaged in gold trading business. As soon as he became sensible, Lee Shau Kee was sent to a private school for education, read the Four Books and the Five Classics, and developed a strong interest in ancient books. Doing business has also been cultivated since childhood, and the teenage Lee Shau Kee is proficient in the core technology and knowledge of gold seeking, gold transformation and gold melting. His father, seeing his growth and progress, decided to let him take over the family's gold shop business. Under his father's guidance, Lee Shau Kee became deeply involved in the day-to-day operation of the gold shop.
In the late 40s, Lee Shau Kee, who had already been in the position of shopkeeper and had been fully tempered, went to Hong Kong with money to look for new opportunities. After coming to Hong Kong, Lee Shau Kee found that the city was full of energy and opportunities, but at the same time, it was also full of competition and challenges. He knows that in order to gain a foothold in this city, he must keep working hard and keep learning. And make the most of this opportunity to learn how to handle various things on your own, how to deal with people, and how to manage a team.
In the process, Lee Shau Kee has accumulated a lot of management experience and business knowledge, and has made many entrepreneurial friends. He began to think about how he could apply this experience and knowledge to his own business. He found that there was a lot of room for growth in Hong Kong's property market, so he joined a few like-minded friends in the industry. Lee Shau Kee's success is not accidental. He has always maintained a dedicated, focused and learning attitude in his work, constantly accumulating experience and knowledge. In the face of opportunities and challenges, he always dares to try, dare to innovate, and constantly look for new breakthroughs. It is these qualities and hard work that have left him a strong mark on Hong Kong's business scene.
has made a lot of profits in the real estate industry, and Lee Shau Kee, Kwok Tak Sheng, and Feng Jingxi have also been crowned by the industry as the "Three Swordsmen". In the 70s, Lee Shau Kee founded Henderson Land on his own, but in Hong Kong, where every inch of land is at a premium, it is not easy to acquire land. Lee Shau Kee has his unique vision and approach to increasing his land bank. The method he used was to collect the old building and then demolish it and sell it. The real estate industry is operated in an industrialized manner, treating land as raw materials and buildings as finished products. The continuous purchase of land and the continuous production of new products have made Henderson become a "building manufacturing factory" in Hong Kong.
Over the years, Lee Shau Kee has become a prominent figure in Hong Kong's real estate industry, with businesses in infrastructure, hotels and energy. Eight years ago, Lee Shau Kee announced his retirement and handed over the business to his two sons, whose youngest son, Lee Ka Shing, was seen as the successor to Henderson Land. Li Jiacheng's wife is a well-known model and actor Xu Ziqi, and according to legend, as long as the daughter-in-law gives birth to a male grandson, Lee Shau Kee will reward 1 billion yuan. Xu Ziqi gave birth to four children in 8 years, two boys and two girls, making up two pairs of "good" characters.