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Billionaire Lee Shau-kee retires from business, but not from philanthropy

In 2014 Hong Kong billionaire Lee Shau-kee announced that he would be retiring from his profitable business career, but that, true to style, he would focus his remaining energy on his ongoing philanthropic work.

Previously ranked fourth in Forbes’ listing of the world’s richest men, the magazine estimated Lee’s wealth to be $24.4 billion at the end of 2015.

Born in Southern China in 1928, a young Lee first moved to Hong Kong in 1948 where he became a pioneer in the real estate industry.

By the late 1990s the patriarch of Henderson Land Development had not only become known for his ability to make wise investments, but also earned a reputation for his ethics and people skills. It has earned him the nickname of ‘Hong Kong’s Buffet’.

His significant charitable contributions have been instrumental in the creation and success of many major educational and community initiatives in Hong Kong, mai