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The China History Podcast

Ep. 13 | Li Ka-shing

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2010

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Li Ka-shing is a Hong Kong billionaire tycoon who has played a great role in not only Hong Kong's prosperity but in China's as well. He is respected not only for his achievements in business and industry but also for his rise from humble beginnings in Chaozhou, China.

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0:00.0

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0:08.0

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0:14.8

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0:20.1

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0:25.0

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0:33.6

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0:37.0

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0:41.0

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0:45.0

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0:46.8

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0:48.8

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0:54.0

Hello everybody, Las Lelle Montgomery here once again with another cookie from the

0:58.3

jar of Chinese history.

1:00.4

My apologies, my sincere apologies for taking two weeks to get another podcast uploaded.

1:06.0

It's been sort of a crazy time here.

1:09.2

We're going to be starting a series of shows on the Early Dynasties right after Labor Day.

1:13.4

But today we're going to look at Mr. Lee Kashing, the wealthiest Chinese in the world.

1:19.2

He's also the third richest person in Asia behind two of India's richest moguls.

1:24.4

That's Mukesh Ambani of the Reliance Group weighing in at $29 billion and the Steel Baron

1:31.2

Lachshmi Matal, a tad behind Mr. Ambani with 28.7 billion.

1:36.2

At 21 billion, Lee Kashing hasn't done too bad for himself.

1:39.7

So he'd be the third richest person in Asia and the 14th richest worldwide and these figures

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