In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Lee (李). In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Peter and the Chinese-style name is Ka-Kit.
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.
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]
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