Many young people are very fond of cars, because many people like the feeling of driving, and many people think that the car is a person's face, and a good car has a good face. So people who don't have a car want to buy a car, and people who have a car like to change to a better car.
However, many people may not know that some of the top rich people actually have no concept of cars. Taiwan's richest man, Wang Yongqing, had assets of 300 billion yuan in his lifetime, but when he was alive, a Cadillac drove until it was scrapped before changing cars. Huo Qigang recently went to the airport late at night to pick up his wife Guo Jingjing, and many people don't know that Huo Qigang still drives a 2000 extended version of the Mercedes.
In fact, Li Ka-shing is the same, sitting on hundreds of billions of assets, he is still using a BMW 7 produced in 1998. Li Ka-shing for the car can be said to be very low-key, many people do not know, Li Ka-shing actually bought a Rolls-Royce when he was young, but at that time he did not use it himself, but for the company to receive customers.
When he was young, Li Ka-shing's car was only Nissan, and later Li Ka-shing changed to Lexus. In 1996, Li Ka-shing's son Li Zeju was kidnapped by Zhang Ziqiang, and in 1998 Li Ka-shing customized a BMW 7 from Germany. Recently, a mainland friend went to Hong Kong and happened to see Li Ka-shing's BMW 7 on the side of the road in Hong Kong. After the photos of the car were put on the Internet, many people also lamented that Li Ka-shing was too low-key, and he only used a car like the BMW 7, and a car was driven for 23 years.
In fact, Li Ka-shing's BMW 7 is inside. Many people may have heard that Li Ka-shing's car is bulletproof, the glass of this BMW car is tempered glass, the chassis, body, etc. are strengthened, all use armor, bullets are also impenetrable, and even ordinary bomb attacks can be resisted.
In addition, although this car was produced in 1998, it has many advanced functions. This car is not only bulletproof, but also can prevent poison gas attacks, if encountered poison gas attack, the windows will be quickly closed, and then the oxygen concentrator behind the car will work. In addition, if a stranger approaches the car, the car will automatically alarm, and the car can also be started remotely.
This car is no different from the ordinary BMW 7 from the outside, but the price is naturally different, up to about HK$8 million. This car Li Ka-shing has been reluctant to lose, and so far the performance is also very large, but Li Ka-shing himself rarely uses this car, at present he still chooses the BMW 7 with bulletproof function, but it is a new car.
Li Ka-shing has a lot of bodyguards at home, and these bodyguards also drive these BMW 7s when they go out, so this car has been left behind. In fact, from this detail, we can also see that Li Ka-shing is really low-key, and it can also be seen that Li Ka-shing is a person who pays great attention to practicality, rather than paying attention to fame and fortune.
Of course, some people say that Li Ka-shing does not need any material to reflect his wealth at this stage, and Li Ka-shing's three words are the best representation.
Recently, there was a big flood in Henan, and Li Ka-shing personally donated 20 million. Li Ka-shing's foundation has donated 30 billion yuan in cash so far and done a lot of good deeds. The foundation established by Li Ka-shing has at least more than 200 billion yuan in total assets, and this foundation will continue to do good deeds in the future, even if Li Ka-shing is gone in the future, the foundation will continue to work.
Li Ka-shing is generous to others, and he is very picky about himself, and his usual eating and dressing and car are very simple, which is completely inconsistent with his wealth. How much money Li Ka-shing has remained a mystery. Recently, Li Ka-shing's son Li Zekai is preparing to lead his own FWD insurance company to the United States to list, the current valuation of the company is 30 billion US dollars, Li Zekai holds more than 70% of the shares, the market value of this part alone is as high as 150 billion Hong Kong dollars.
This is just a small part of their family's assets. Li Ka-shing himself said that the fortune list had underestimated his wealth since 10 years ago, so he does not pay attention to it now. Li Ka-shing said he had underestimated half of it 10 years ago. In 2008, Li Ka Shing's wealth ranked eighth in the world, when his net worth exceeded $30 billion.
Now that 13 years have passed, Li Ka-shing's net worth is still 30 billion US dollars, whether Li Ka-shing has not made money in the past 13 years, this is certainly impossible. In the past 13 years, Li Ka-shing's dividends from listed companies alone are estimated to exceed 100 billion. None of this money was counted.
Li Ka-shing's several major listed companies combined to make a profit of 70 to 80 billion yuan a year, li Ka-shing alone can at least get more than 10 billion dividends. This is the biggest source of Li Ka-shing's profits. These cash dividends have been invested elsewhere by Li Ka-shing, who now holds more than $10 billion worth of JOBS and more than $30 billion worth of Facebook.
If you count Li Ka-shing's total assets, it is estimated that it has exceeded 1 trillion Hong Kong dollars. Unlike many mainland billionaires, Li Ka-shing has a lot of cash and very little debt. Several of Li Ka-shing's listed companies have surprisingly low debt ratios. The debt ratio of Changshi Group is only more than 11%.
Li Ka-shing is very rich, but his life is very economical, and Li Ka-shing's biggest expense every year is in terms of security, after all, Li Ka-shing's son Li Zeju was kidnapped by Zhang Ziqiang. At that time, Li Ka-shing also paid 1.038 billion yuan in cash to successfully save his son.
For Li Ka-shing, his loss of 1 billion in cash is nothing, and what he is worried about is that if someone in the family really has an accident, let alone kidnapped, even other small accidents are also very reluctant to him. In addition, if the kidnapping really happens, the loss of money is a small matter, and the key is that the inner impact is greater. Li Ka-shing was worried about these problems, so he equipped his family with a bulletproof BMW 7, and his family also hired more than 20 retired mercenaries as bodyguards.
Li Ka-shing is definitely a legend of the Chinese people and a legend in the history of world business. Wood shows in the forest, and the wind will urge it. Li Ka-shing's influence is so great, naturally there are many controversies, some of which may really be Li Ka-shing's mistakes, but some are others smearing him. Of course, anyone can do wrong, and so will Li Ka-shing. However, none of this hinders Li Ka-shing's legend.