| Year |
Event |
| 1928 |
Born in Chaozhou |
| 1940 |
Japanese invasion; Li family fled to Hong Kong |
| 1942 |
Li senior died; Li took first job in watch strap
company to support his family |
| 1945 |
Became a wholesale salesman |
| 1946-1947 |
Promoted to manager and then general manager |
| 1950 |
Founded Cheung Kong Plastics Factory |
| 1958 |
First real estate venture |
| 1971 |
Established Cheung Kong Real Estate Company Limited |
| 1972 |
Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited listed in Hong Kong |
| 1979 |
Acquired Hutchison Whampoa Limited |
| 1980 |
Established Li Ka Shing Foundation |
| 1981 |
Founded Shantou University |
| 1985 |
Acquired Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited |
| 1996 |
Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited spun
off in listing |
| 2000 |
Tom.com was listed on the GEM Stock Exchange (renamed Tom Group and advanced to the Main Board of the HKSE in 2004) |
| 2002 |
CK Life Sciences Int’l (Holdings) Inc was listed on the GEM Stock Exchange (advanced to Main Board of the HKSE in 2008) |
| 2004 |
Hutchison Global Communications Holdings Limited was listed on the main board of the HKSE |
| 2005 |
Proceeds of approximately C$1.2 billion (US$900 million) from the sale of common shares of CIBC were entirely donated to private charitable Foundations established by Mr. Li Ka Shing, including the Li Ka Shing Foundation in Hong Kong and the Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation based in Toronto, Canada |
| Honors, Titles and Posts |
| |
|
| 1981 |
Justice of the Peace |
| 1982 |
Grand Officer of the Order Vasco Nuñez de
Balboa (Panama) |
| 1986 |
Commander of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (University of Hong Kong) |
| 1989 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (University of Calgary) |
| 1992 |
Honorary Doctorate degree (Peking University) |
| 1995 |
Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree (The Hong
Kong University of Science and Technology) |
| 1997 |
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (The Chinese University
of Hong Kong) |
| 1998 |
Honorary Doctor of Social Science degree (City
University of Hong Kong) |
| 1999 |
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree (Cambridge University)
Honorary Doctor of Social Sciences degree (The Open University of
Hong Kong)
Entrepreneur of the Millennium (The Times and Ernst & Young, UK) |
| 2000 |
Commander in the Leopold Order (Belgium) |
| 2000 |
International Distinguished Entrepreneur Award
(University of Manitoba) |
| 2000 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
(KBE) |
| 2001 |
Grand Bauhinia Medal of the Hong Kong SAR |
| 2005 |
Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur (France) |
| 2006 |
Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award (Forbes) |
| 2007 |
Special Honorary Award for Economic Contribution
2007 (CCTV) |
| 2007 |
Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy (PRC
Ministry of Civil Affairs) |
| 2007 |
Presidential Award (Teachers of English to Speakers
of Other Languages, Inc.) |
| 1985-1990 |
Member of the Drafting Committee for the Basic
Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) |
| 1992-1997 |
Hong Kong Affairs Advisor |
| 1995-1997 |
Member of the Preparatory Committee for the HKSAR |
| From 1996 |
Member of the Selection Committee for the government
of the HKSAR |
| 2006 |
Member of the International Business Advisory Council
of the UK |
