Cheung Kong Holdings

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited
長江企業控股有限公司
Company typePrivate
IndustryConglomerate
Founded1972
HeadquartersCheung Kong Center, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
Key people
ProductsReal estate, Investment, life sciences, IT, Hotels, telecommunications; & internet
RevenueHK$32.863 billion (US$4.2 billion) (2010)
HK$26.478 billion (US$3.4 billion) (2010)
Number of employees
9,500 (2010)
ParentCK Hutchison Holdings Limited
Footnotes / references
Associates: Hutchison Whampoa
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited
Hutchison Asia Telecommunications and TOM Group
Cheung Kong Holdings
Traditional Chinese長江實業 (集團) 有限公司
Simplified Chinese长江实业 (集团) 有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChángjiāng Shíyè (Jítuán) Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, is a multinational conglomerate, based in Hong Kong. It was one of Hong Kong's leading multi-national conglomerates. The company merged with its subsidiary Hutchison Whampoa on 3 June 2015, as part of a major reorganisation,[1] to become part of CK Hutchison Holdings.

The Chairman of Cheung Kong Holdings was Li Ka-shing, while his elder son, Victor Li, was Managing Director and Deputy Chairman. Li Ka Shing founded Cheung Kong Industries in 1950s as a plastics manufacturer. Eventually the company evolved into a property investment company. "Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited" was established in 1971.[2]

The Cheung Kong Group are developers of residential, office, retail, industrial and hotel properties in Hong Kong. With its history of property development and residential estates, As part of the reorganisation of the group, a new company composed of the group's property assets was spun-off in June 2015 as Cheung Kong Property Holdings.[3]

  1. ^ Sito, Peggy; Li, Sandy (25 February 2015). "Li Ka-shing's two firms set for merger as Cheung Kong shareholders approve revamp". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ^ "cheung kong holdings ltd (1:Hong Kong)". Businessweek. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  3. ^ 张津. "Mighty Li takes stock of empire". www.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 6 April 2023.