Li Ming (banker)

Li Ming
李銘
(Courtesy Name- Li Fusun; 李馥蓀)

(Courtesy Name- Li Fusun; 李馥蓀)

BornLi Fusheng (李福生)
(1887-11-24)November 24, 1887
Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China [1]
DiedOctober 22, 1966(1966-10-22) (aged 78)
Hong Kong
Resting placeHong Kong Buddhist Cemetery, Chai Wan
OccupationBanker
NationalityChinese
Alma materWayland Academy
Yamaguchi Commercial College
PeriodRepublican Era
SpouseWu Huiying (吳蕙英)
b.1893-d.1938

Li Ming (李銘; November 24, 1887 – October 22, 1966) was a Chinese banking and investing pioneer. He formed the Chekiang Industrial Bank in 1922 and was General Manager and later Chairman until 1949. In 1950 he founded the Chekiang First Bank Ltd. in Hong Kong, and served as Chairman until his death in 1966. Over the course of his career he held more than thirty directorships in banks, industrial concerns, insurance companies and public utilities, and served in many key governmental positions of financial administration. He was a founder and Chairman of the Shanghai Bankers' Association.[1][2]

  1. ^ The New York Times, October 22, 1966, p.26, "Li Ming, a Banker and Industrialist"
  2. ^ Boorman, 1968, Vol.2, "Li Ming", pp.316–19