Li Ka-Shing: Hong Kong's Elusive Billionaire
HK$139.00
DESCRIPTION :
This is the biography of billionaire Li Ka-shing, the ultimate Hong Kong rags-to-riches success story. The book follows his life from his poor family's flight from the Japanese to Hong Kong in 1940, to his famous takeover of the British hong Hutchison Whampoa in 1979, and expansion of his business empire to become one of the ten richest people in the world.
Mr Li entered business as a teenager, selling plastic goods, until at twenty-two, he started his own plastics company, Cheung Kong, specializing in plastic flowers. He entered the real estate market in the 1960s, and, by 1979, only the colonial government owned more real estate in Hong Kong than Mr Li. He eventually built a conglomerate encompassing Canada, Britain, parts of the US, and South America, extending into media, hotels, shipping, oil, and grocery stores.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
DIMENSION : 228 mm x 154 mm
WEIGHT : 401 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Economics, Finance, Business & Management
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This is the biography of billionaire Li Ka-shing, the ultimate Hong Kong rags-to-riches success story. The book follows his life from his poor family's flight from the Japanese to Hong Kong in 1940, to his famous takeover of the British hong Hutchison Whampoa in 1979, and expansion of his business empire to become one of the ten richest people in the world.
Mr Li entered business as a teenager, selling plastic goods, until at twenty-two, he started his own plastics company, Cheung Kong, specializing in plastic flowers. He entered the real estate market in the 1960s, and, by 1979, only the colonial government owned more real estate in Hong Kong than Mr Li. He eventually built a conglomerate encompassing Canada, Britain, parts of the US, and South America, extending into media, hotels, shipping, oil, and grocery stores.
PRODUCT DETAILS :
| ISBN : 9780195900767 | |
| BY (AUTHOR) Chan, Anthony B. | |
| PUBLISHER : Oxford University Press (China) Ltd | PUBLICATION DATE : March 27, 1997 |
| COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : China | IMPRINT : Oxford University Press (China) Ltd |
| LANGUAGE : English | AGE : General |
| PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback | |
WEIGHT : 401 g
PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Biography, Literature & Literary studies
Economics, Finance, Business & Management
* This is a fixed price item. Promo codes, coupons, special online offers and promotions, VIP or member's discount cannot be used in conjunction with this item.
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