Li Ka-shing

• Chairman, Hutchison Whampoa
• Age: 85
• Source of Wealth: diversified, self-made
• Residence: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Country of Citizenship: Hong Kong
• Education: Drop Out, High School
• Marital Status: Widowed
• Children: 2

Profile

Li Ka-shing was an early backer of Facebook and Spotify. He's invested in BitPay, provider of Bitcoin payment services, and Misfit Wearables, which makes motion tracker Shine and was co-founded by former Apple CEO John Sculley. Asia's richest person oversees empire through his companies Cheung Kong, Hutchison Whampoa and Husky Energy, with interests in ports, real estate, utilities, telecoms. His utility Power Assets Holdings is spinning off Hong Kong's second-largest electricity supplier into HK Electric Investments, which is expected to list late this month. Funds will be used for overseas acquisitions. In last 2 years he's received a total of $1.7 billion in dividends.