Number of Portfolio Companies 12
Number of Exits 
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  • Investor Type  Investment Partner, Individual/Angel
  • Investor Stage  Seed
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Mr. Li Ka-shing is the richest person of East Asian descent in the world and the 11th richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of US$26 billion (as estimated by Forbes). His primary operating company is Hutchison Whampoa Limited. Mr Li's younger son, Richard, is Chairman of PCCW, one of Asia's leading internet and

telecommunications companies.

Mr Li Ka-shing is the Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited. Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited is the flagship of the Cheung Kong Group which has business operations in 54 countries around the world and employs about 240,000 staff. In Hong Kong alone, the Group includes nine listed companies with a combined market capitalization of approximately HKD600 billion (30 June 2009). Hutchison Whampoa Limited is a Fortune Global 500 company.

Born in 1928 in Chiu Chow, a coastal city in the southeastern part of China, Mr Li fled to Hong Kong with his family to avoid the perils of war. His father suffered from tuberculosis and passed away in Hong Kong. Shouldering the responsibility of looking after the livelihood of the family, Mr Li was forced to leave school before the age of 15 and found a job in a plastics trading company where he labored 16 hours a day. By 1950, his hard work, prudence and his pursuit of excellence had enabled him to start his own company, Cheung Kong Industries. From manufacturing plastics, Mr Li led and developed his company into a leading real estate investment company in Hong Kong that was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. Cheung Kong continued to expand by acquiring Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited in 1979 and 1985 respectively.

Based in Hong Kong, the Cheung Kong Group's businesses encompass such diverse areas as property development and investment, real estate agency and estate management, hotels, telecommunications and e-commerce, finance and investments, retail, ports and related services, energy, infrastructure projects and materials, media, and biotechnology. Mr Li is a strong believer in synergy — the power of combined efforts. This belief is reflected in his naming his company Cheung Kong Holdings after the Yangtze River that flows through China, a great river that aggregates countless streams and tributaries. The Times in the United Kingdom and Ernst & Young UK jointly named Mr Li as the Entrepreneur of the Millennium at the turn of the century.

http://www.hutchison-whampoa.com/eng/about/chairman/chairman.htm

30 June 2009

Number of Investments 15
Li Ka-shing has made 15 investments. Their latest investment was Seed Round - Fertilis on Jan 11, 2022, when Fertilis raised
A$2.8M
.
Announced Date  
Organization Name  
Lead Investor  
Funding Round  
Money Raised  
Jan 11, 2022
Fertilis
Yes
Seed Round - Fertilis
A$2.8M
Dec 1, 2020
H2Pro
Series A - H2Pro
$22M
Sep 1, 2020
WELL Health Technologies
Yes
Post-IPO Equity - WELL Health Technologies
CA$23M
Mar 16, 2020
WELL Health Technologies
Post-IPO Debt - WELL Health Technologies
CA$11M
Jun 19, 2019
WELL Health Technologies
Post-IPO Debt - WELL Health Technologies
CA$10.5M
Sep 21, 2018
MeMed
Series C - MeMed
$70M
Mar 17, 2017
Omni
Series A - Omni
£16M
Sep 30, 2015
Impossible Foods
No
Series D - Impossible Foods
$108M
Jul 15, 2015
Kaizena
Seed Round - Kaizena
$900K
May 15, 2014
Spotify
Secondary Market - Spotify
$21.6M
Number of Exits 
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Li Ka-shing has exits. Their most notable exits are WELL Health TechnologiesSummly, and Spotify.
  • WELL Health Technologies WELL Health Technologies is the owner and operator of a portfolio of Primary Healthcare facilities.
  • Summly Summly is a web platform and smartphone app that provides algorithmically-generated summaries from thousands of sources.
  • Spotify Spotify is a commercial music streaming service that provides restricted digital content from a range of record labels and artists.
  • Siri Siri is a developer of a virtual personal assistant incorporated as a feature of Apple iPhones beginning with the 4S generation.
  • SecondMarket SecondMarket enables private companies and investment funds to customize, control and seamlessly execute primary and secondary transactions.
  • Joost Joost is an internet TV service that uses peer-to-peer TV (P2PTV) technology to distribute content.
Number of Current Jobs 2
Number of Past Jobs 1
Li Ka-shing has 2 current jobs as Chairman at Hutchison Whampoa and Founder and Chairman at Horizons Ventures. Additionally, Li Ka-shing has had 1 past job as the CEO at Cheung Kong Holdings.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Cheung Kong Holdings
CEOJan 1, 1950
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 1
Li Ka-shing is the Senior Advisor at CK Hutchison Holdings.