Forbes published the list of Hong Kong's richest people in 2023, among which Li Ka-shing once again became the richest man in Hong Kong. 1June, 939, Li Ka-shing, who had just finished junior high school, moved to Hong Kong with his family, and the family lived in his uncle Zhuang Jing 'an's home. 1958 started to invest in real estate. 1979, he acquired Hutchison whampoa, an established British-funded enterprise, and became the first China person to acquire a British-funded enterprise.
198 1 Elected as "Man of the Hour in Hong Kong" and Justice of the Peace. 1989 was awarded CBE Medal by the Queen of England, 1992 was appointed as Hong Kong Affairs Advisor, 1993 was named Hong Kong Man of the Year, and 1995 was elected as a member of the Preparatory Committee of the SAR.
Since 1999 was named the richest Chinese in the world by Forbes, it has been the richest Chinese for 15 consecutive years. 20 1 1 "The Legend of Li Ka-shing Kung Fu Tea" was selected as an article for teachers of Chinese as a foreign language in the National Confucius Institute.
Li Ka-shing's entrepreneurial story
1950, Li Ka-shing, who was only 22 years old, used his savings to set up the Changjiang Plastic Factory in Shau Kei Wan. "Yangtze River" means "The Yangtze River does not choose a trickle, so it can mighty Wan Li". At the beginning of the factory, there was a quality accident, and Li Ka-shing was encouraged by his cousin Zhuang Yueming to tide over the difficulties.
1955, Changjiang plastics factory finally turned around, and its production and sales are getting better and better. During the period of 1957, Li Ka-shing read the new issue of Plastic Magazine in English, and accidentally saw a news: an Italian company made plastic flowers with plastic raw materials, which was being dumped in European and American markets.
This news made Li Ka-shing realize that plastic flowers will also be popular in Hongkong. So Li Ka-shing visited Italy, and after returning to Hongkong, he took the lead in launching plastic flowers and became a hot-selling product.
Li Ka-shing quickly developed plastic flowers in Hong Kong, filling the gap in the Hong Kong market. Li Ka-shing takes a good and cheap sales route, and most dealers sign supply and marketing contracts readily according to Li Ka-shing's quotation. Some people offered to pay a 50% deposit in advance to buy out their rights and interests. Li Ka-shing has set off a new consumption trend in Hong Kong, and Changjiang Plastic Factory has suddenly become famous in the plastic industry in Hong Kong from an unknown small factory.
At the end of 1957, Changjiang Plastics Factory was renamed Changjiang Industrial Co., Ltd. ... The headquarters of the company was moved from Xinpu Port to North Point, with Li Ka-shing as the chairman and general manager. The factory is divided into two parts, one is to produce plastic toys and the other is to produce plastic flowers.
Li Ka-shing takes plastic flowers as the key product. The profits brought by plastic flowers to Li Ka-shing make Changjiang Factory the largest manufacturer of plastic flowers in the world. Soon, he actively explored the world market and became the "king of plastic flowers".