Peter Lee Ka-kit

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(2010-07-17) July 17, 2010 (age 14) Beverly Hills, CA, USA [1] [2] [3]
Peter Lee Ka-Kit
Dr Peter Lee.jpg
President of Henderson China
Assumed office
1997
Parent Lee Shau-kee [4]
Relatives Martin Lee Ka-shing (brother)
Education Keele University (BSc)
OccupationBusinessman, philanthropist
Awards Grand Bauhinia Medal (2024)
Knight of the Legion of Honour (2012) [5]
Gold Bauhinia Star
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 李家傑
Simplified Chinese 李家杰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin Li Jiajie

Peter Lee Ka Kit, GBM, GBS, JP, (born May 20, 1963), is a businessman and philanthropist from Hong Kong, the elder son of real estate tycoon and majority owner and founder of Henderson Land Development, Lee Shau-kee.

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Lee is the co-chairman of Henderson Land Development, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company and the chairman of Towngas China. He is a member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the CPPCC, a member of the National Committee of the CPPCC (1998-), chairman of the One Country Two Systems Research Institute, and honorary president of the Hong Kong China Friendship Association. [6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Born in Hong Kong in 1963, with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China. He was admitted to St. Paul's Primary School in 1969. Since 1977, he began attending secondary school and later, the University of London (UoL) in the UK. He graduated from the computer science department of the University of Keele in 1985. [9] [10] [11] [12] In 1985, he joined his father's company Henderson Land as an Executive Director, focusing on its mainland China business. [13]

His father, Lee Shau-kee, born in a wealthy family in Shunde, Guangdong, his grandfather owned several gold trading shops. [12] [14]

Career

In 1985, he joined his father's company Henderson Land as an executive director, focusing on its mainland China business. [13] In addition to leading the mainland China business of Henderson Land. In 2014, he founded Full Vision Capital. In 2021, he launched the TERA-Award Smart Energy Innovation Competition (TERA-Award). [15] [16] [17]

Lee has given support to a range of philanthropic endeavours and charities. He founded the Care for Life Foundation in 2017 to provide financial assistance and medical care to orphans and impoverished children born with defects and disabilities. He founded the Centum Charitas Foundation in 2008 to bring together second and third-generation members of Hong Kong's prominent entrepreneurial families to support philanthropic causes. He joined the Ai You Foundation, a children's welfare charity, in 2009 and is vice director. [18] [11] [12] [10] [19] [20] [21]

Awards and honours

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