Richard Li

This article is about the businessman. For the film director, see Li Han Hsiang.
In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Li. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Richard Li and the Chinese-style name is Li Tzar-kai.

Richard Li
Li attending the trophy presentation ceremony of the Queen Elizabeth II Cup at the Sha Tin Racecourse on 30 April 2023
Chairman of Hong Kong Telecom
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 November 2011
Chairman of Pacific Century Group
Incumbent
Assumed office
10 May 2004
Preceded byCharles Chan Kwok-keung
Chairman of PCCW
Incumbent
Assumed office
3 August 1999
Preceded byPeter Oei Hong Leong
Personal details
Born (1966-11-08) 8 November 1966 (age 58)
British Hong Kong
CitizenshipCanada[1]
Domestic partner(s)Isabella Leong (2008–2011)
Children3
Parent(s)Li Ka-shing
Chong Yuet-ming
RelativesVictor Li Tzar-kuoi (brother)
Alma materStanford University (dropped out)
Li Tzar Kai
Traditional Chinese李澤楷
Simplified Chinese李泽楷
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLǐ Zékǎi
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationLéih jaahk káai
JyutpingLei5 zaak6 kaai2

Richard Li Tzar-kai is a Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist. The founder and chairman of the private investment group Pacific Century Group (PCG),[2] Li started his career in the 1990s with the founding of STAR TV, a pan-Asian television network.[3] After founding PCG in 1993,[3] he went on to establish PCCW[4] and HKT Trust.[5]

In 2010,[6] PCG acquired the asset management business of AIG Investments[7] and renamed it to PineBridge Investments.[6] In 2013, PCG founded FWD Group.[8] Richard Li currently serves as chairman of PCG,[2] PCCW Ltd. and HKT Limited. He is also on the boards of companies including Pinebridge Investments.[9] Forbes listed his net worth in 2020 at $4.5 billion, ranking him 20th on its list of the richest businesspeople in Hong Kong.[2]

  1. ^ "Richard Tzar-Kai LI - Personal Appointments (free information from Companies House)". Company House. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "#401 Richard Li". Forbes. 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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  6. ^ a b "A.I.G. Closes Deal to Sell Pinebridge". The New York Times. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
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