Lee Shau Kee
| The Honourable Lee Shau-kee GBM |
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| Born |
29 January 1928 Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China |
| Citizenship | China (Hong Kong) |
| Occupation | Founder, Chairman, managing director of Henderson Land Development Company Limited Chairman of Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited Chairman of Miramar Hotel Vice-Chairman Independent non-executive director of Sun Hung Kai Properties Member of board of directors of Hong Kong Ferry (Holdings) Limited |
| Net worth |
 US$23.3 billion (June 2016) |
| Spouse(s) | Lau Wai-kuen (divorced) |
Lee Shau-kee GBM (Chinese: ; born 29 January 1928 in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong-based real estate tycoon and majority owner of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with interests in properties, hotels, restaurants and internet services. As of October 2012 according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index Lee is listed as the 19th richest person in the world. His personal wealth is estimated to be $24 billion and ranked as the second wealthiest man in Hong Kong after Li Ka Shing.
He was the 4th world richest person in world before the handover of HK in 1997. Since 2006, Lee has accrued substantial profits from his holdings of Mainland-controlled stocks. This return on investment has earned him nicknames including "Hong Kong's Buffett" (香港巴菲特) and "Asia's Master of Stock" (亞洲股神). He is also affectionately known as "Uncle Four", one of the very few fourth-born children in the world to have become a multi-billionaire.
Lee is one of the main sponsors of the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, having donated more than HK$20 million through the Lee Shau Kee Foundation.
In 2015, Lee donated a site in Yuen Long to charity organisation Po Leung Kuk for developing Hong Kong's biggest youth hostel. Lee announced that the units would be leased to young people between the ages of 18 and 30 at half the market rate.
Other than public philanthropy, Lee has given his Henderson Land staff cash gifts to celebrate the birth of four of his grandchildren, in amounts totalling HK$60 million over a nine-year period.
He has five children, amongst which are elder son Peter Lee Ka-kit and Martin Lee Ka-shing, and eight grandchildren.
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