Victor Li Tzar-kuoi is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of
CK Hutchison Holdings
CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based and Cayman Islands-registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Wh ...
Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of
CK Asset Holdings
CK Asset Holdings Limited, previously known as Cheung Kong Property Holdings Limited, is a property developer registered in the Cayman Islands, with its headquarters and principal place of business in Hong Kong.
History
The company was establis ...
Limited and the Chairman of
CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited. He is the elder son of tycoon
Li Ka-shing and the brother of
Richard Li
Richard Li Tzar-kai is a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist. The founder and chairman of the private investment group Pacific Century Group (PCG), Li started his career in the 1990s with the founding of STAR TV, a pan-Asian television ...
.
Early years
Victor was born at his parents' family house in
Deepwater Bay
Deep Water Bay is a bay and residential area on the southern shore of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The bay is surrounded by Shouson Hill, Brick Hill, Violet Hill and Middle Island. As per Forbes (July 2015), with 19 of the city's r ...
, Hong Kong on 1 August 1964,
attended the
St. Paul's Co-educational College in Hong Kong, and holds a
BSc
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University ...
degree in Civil Engineering and a
MSc degree in Civil Engineering from
Stanford University
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and an honorary degree, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LL.D.) from
University of Western Ontario
The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...
.
Kidnapping
Victor Li was kidnapped in 1996 on his way home after work by notorious gangster
"Big Spender" Cheung Tze-keung. His father
Li Ka-shing paid a ransom of HK$1.038 billion, directly to Cheung who had come to Li Ka-shing's house. Victor Li is said to have been released after one night.
["Kidnapper of Li Ka-shing's son rang tycoon to ask where he should invest HK$1billion ransom."]
Mimi Lau. ''South China Morning Post
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.'' 29 November 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2017. A report was never filed with Hong Kong police. Instead the case was pursued by
Mainland
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authorities, leading to Big Spender's execution in 1998, an outcome not possible under Hong Kong law. Rumours circulated of a deal between Li Ka-Shing and the Mainland.
[ This suggestion, when brought to Li, was brushed off.
]
Business career
Victor Li currently holds the following positions:
* Chairman and Group Co-managing director of CK Hutchison Holdings
CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong-based and Cayman Islands-registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Wh ...
Limited
* Chairman and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited
* Chairman of CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited
* Chairman of CK Life Sciences
CK Life Sciences International (Holdings) Inc. (), or CK Life Sciences, is a subsidiary of CK Hutchison Holdings. It is engaged in research and development, commercialization, marketing and sale of biotechnology products. The chairman is Mr. Victo ...
Int'l., (Holdings) Inc.["CK Life Sciences Intl Holdings Inc (0775.HK)"](_blank)
section Biographies. Reuters
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The agency was estab ...
. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
* Non-executive Director of Power Assets Holdings
Power Assets Holdings Limited (), formerly Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited (), is a vertically integrated electric utility company. It is the majority shareholder in the Hongkong Electric Company, having reduced its holding in the company throu ...
Limited
* Deputy Chairman of HK Electric Investments Limited
* Deputy Chairman of Li Ka Shing Foundation Limited, Li Ka Shing (Overseas) Foundation and Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation
* Co-Chairman of Husky Energy
Husky Energy Inc. is a company engaged in hydrocarbon exploration, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It operates in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region, with upstream and downstream business segm ...
Inc.
* Director of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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Other positions
Victor Li serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...
. He is also a member of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Li is the Vice Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC; ) was founded on 29 May 1861, and is the oldest and one of the largest business organizations in Hong Kong. It has around 4,000 corporate members, who combined employ around one-third of Hong Kon ...
,[http://www.chamber.org.hk/memberarea/committee/gc/memberlist.asp] and is also the Honorary Consul
A consul is an official representative of the government of one state in the territory of another, normally acting to assist and protect the citizens of the consul's own country, as well as to facilitate trade and friendship between the people ...
, for Barbados
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in Hong Kong.
See also
* List of kidnappings
The following is a list of kidnappings summarizing the events of each individual case, including instances of celebrity abductions, claimed hoaxes, suspected kidnappings, extradition abductions, and mass kidnappings.
Before 1900
1900–1949
...
References
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1960s missing person cases
1964 births
Air Canada people
Alumni of St. Paul's Co-educational College
CK Hutchison Holdings people
Formerly missing people
Hong Kong chief executives
Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
Hong Kong financial businesspeople
Kidnapped Hong Kong people
Living people
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2007–2012
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2012–2017
Members of the Election Committee of Hong Kong, 2017–2021
Members of the 13th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Missing person cases in China
Naturalized citizens of Canada
Stanford University alumni