Li Ka-shing (李嘉誠)

Li Ka-shing is a wealthy businessman from Hong Kong. He is the Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings. He is the world's largest operator of container terminals and the world's largest health and beauty retailer. In his biggest foreign acquisition yet, one of his firms led $9 billion deal for assets that provide power to parts of the U.K. including London. His companies make up 15% of the market cap of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Li is also regarded as one of Asia's most generous philanthropists, donating over US $1.41 billion to date to charity and other various philanthropic causes.

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