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{{Short description|Hong Kong businessman}}
{{Family name hatnote|Li|Victor Li|Li Tzar-kuoi|lang=Hong Kong}}
{{For|the engineer at the University of Michigan|Victor Li (engineer)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Victor Li
| native_name        = {{nobold|李澤鉅}}
| native_name_lang   = zh-Hant-HK
| image              = 
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1964|8|1|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Deep Water Bay]],<br>[[British Hong Kong]]<ref name="zhuanlan.zhihu.com">{{Cite web|url=https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/34756279|title=继承者：李泽钜 or 李泽楷？|work=知乎专栏|access-date=22 February 2020|archive-date=5 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505095228/https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/34756279|url-status=live}}</ref>
| citizenship        = {{hlist|Canada|China}} (Hong Kong)
| occupation         = Businessman
| organization       = [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]]
| parents            = [[Li Ka-shing]]
| relatives          = [[Richard Li]] (brother)
| office             = Chair of [[CK Asset Holdings]]<br />Chair of [[CK Hutchison Holdings]]
| predecessor        = [[Li Ka-shing]]
| spouse             = Cynthia Wong
| education          = [[Stanford University]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Master of Science|MS]])
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Li Tzar-kuoi
| t = 李澤鉅
| s = 李泽钜
| p = Lǐ Zéjù
| j = Lei5 Zaak6 Geoi6
}}

'''Victor Li Tzar-kuoi''' (born 1 August 1964) is a Hong Kong businessman, the chair of the board and group co-managing director of [[CK Hutchison Holdings]] Limited and the chairman of the board and managing director of [[CK Asset Holdings]] Limited and the Chairman of [[Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings|CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited]]. He is the elder son of tycoon [[Li Ka-shing]] and the brother of [[Richard Li]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Insight: HK's Victor Li, son of "Superman", has hard act to follow |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-victorli-idUSBRE89D0GW20121014 |website=[[Reuters]] |date=2012-10-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411023016/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-victorli-idUSBRE89D0GW20121014 |archive-date=2023-04-11 |url-status=live |last1=Frew |first1=Alex}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Victor was born to  [[Li Ka-shing]], a Hong Kong billionaire businessman, at his parents' family house in 79 [[Deep Water Bay Road]], [[Deep Water Bay]], Hong Kong on 1 August 1964,<ref name="zhuanlan.zhihu.com"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Victor Li |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victor-li/ |website=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230209130145/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/victor-li |archive-date=2023-02-09 |url-status=live}}</ref> He has a younger brother, [[Richard Li]]. 
He attended [[St. Paul's Co-educational College]] in Hong Kong, and holds a [[Bachelor of Science|B.S.]] degree in Civil Engineering and a [[Master of Science|M.S.]] degree in Civil Engineering from [[Stanford University]].<ref name="0775.HK"/>

==Career==
On 16 March 2018 his father announced retirement and pass control of his {{USD|100&nbsp;billion}} empire to his son.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/business/li-ka-shing-hong-kong.html|title=Li Ka-shing, Hong Kong's Richest Man, Will Retire, Ending an Era|last=Stevenson|first=Alexandra|date=16 March 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=17 March 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316222142/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/business/li-ka-shing-hong-kong.html|archive-date=16 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Victor Li has been holding the following positions:{{when|date=March 2025}}

* Chairman and Group Co-managing director of [[CK Hutchison Holdings]] Limited<ref>[http://www.ejinsight.com/20151006-victor-li-ck-hutchison-not-withdrawing-from-china/ "Victor Li: CK Hutchison not withdrawing from China."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625121242/http://www.ejinsight.com/20151006-victor-li-ck-hutchison-not-withdrawing-from-china/ |date=25 June 2017 }} [[EJ Insight]]. [[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2017.</ref>
* Chairman and managing director of CK Asset Holdings Limited<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheung Kong's Victor Li Says Open to Sale of City Buildings |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-12/cheung-kong-s-victor-li-says-open-to-selling-hong-kong-buildings |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |date=2016-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200226225150/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-12/cheung-kong-s-victor-li-says-open-to-selling-hong-kong-buildings |archive-date=2020-02-26 |url-status=live |last1=Balfour |first1=Frederik}}</ref>
* Chairman of CK Infrastructure Holdings Limited<ref>[http://www.ejinsight.com/20150908-what-is-behind-restructuring-of-cki-and-power-assets/ "What is behind the restructuring of CKI and Power Assets?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716062657/http://www.ejinsight.com/20150908-what-is-behind-restructuring-of-cki-and-power-assets/ |date=16 July 2017 }} Ben Kwok. ''[[EJ Insight]].'' [[Hong Kong Economic Journal]]. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2017.</ref>
* Chairman of [[CK Life Sciences]] Int'l., (Holdings) Inc.<ref name="0775.HK">[https://www.reuters.com/finance/stocks/companyOfficers?symbol=0775.HK "CK Life Sciences Intl Holdings Inc (0775.HK)"] section Biographies. [[Reuters]]. Retrieved 14 June 2017.</ref>
* Non-executive Director of [[Power Assets Holdings]] Limited<ref>[https://www.powerassets.com/en/about-us/board-of-directors "Board of Directors"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706223846/https://www.powerassets.com/en/about-us/board-of-directors |date=6 July 2017 }} section Non-executive Director. [[Power Assets Holdings|Power Assets]]. Retrieved 14 June 2017.</ref>
* Deputy Chairman of HK Electric Investments Limited
* Deputy Chairman of Li Ka Shing Foundation Limited, Li Ka Shing (Overseas) Foundation and Li Ka Shing (Canada) Foundation
* Co-Chairman of [[Husky Energy]] Inc.<ref>{{cite web |title=Victor Li acquires Canada's Reliance Home Comfort for C$2.8 billion |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-reliancehome-m-a-li-idUSKBN17226V |website=[[Reuters]] |date=2017-03-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119060600/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-reliancehome-m-a-li-idUSKBN17226V |archive-date=2023-01-19 |url-status=live |last1=Tilak |first1=John}}</ref>
* Director of the [[Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation]]<ref name="0775.HK"/>

== Personal life and kidnapping ==
Victor Li was kidnapped in 1996 on his way home after work by notorious gangster [[Cheung Tze-keung|"Big Spender" Cheung Tze-keung]]. Victor's father, [[Li Ka-shing]], paid a ransom of HK$1.038&nbsp;billion, directly to Cheung who had come to Li Ka-shing's house. Victor Li is said to have been released after one night.<ref name=Advice>{{cite web |title=Kidnapper of Li Ka-shing's son rang tycoon to ask where he should invest HK$1billion |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1368203/kidnapper-asked-me-financial-advice-says-tycoon-li-ka-shing |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=2013-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426090653/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1368203/kidnapper-asked-me-financial-advice-says-tycoon-li-ka-shing |archive-date=2023-04-26 |url-status=live}}</ref> A report was never filed with Hong Kong police. Instead the case was pursued by [[Mainland China|Mainland]] authorities, leading to Big Spender's execution in 1998, an outcome not possible under Hong Kong law. Rumours circulated of a deal between Li Ka-Shing and the Mainland.<ref name=Advice/> This suggestion, when brought to Li, was brushed off.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

==Other positions==
Victor Li serves as a member of the Standing Committee of the 13th National Committee of the [[Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference]].<ref name="0775.HK"/><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Matt |last2=Horton |first2=Jake |last3=Rivault |first3=Erwan |date=14 February 2025 |title=Mapping China's influence around the Panama Canal |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-943c9a5e-32c0-4eae-8abb-4d9c4c6eae1e |access-date=2025-02-15 |website=[[BBC News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=15 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215072749/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-943c9a5e-32c0-4eae-8abb-4d9c4c6eae1e |url-status=live }}</ref>

Li is a member of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Li is the Vice Chairman of the [[Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce]],<ref>,[http://www.chamber.org.hk/memberarea/committee/gc/memberlist.asp Members] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923163846/http://www.chamber.org.hk/memberarea/committee/gc/memberlist.asp |date=23 September 2009 }}, Chamber.org.hk. Accessed 29 January 2023.</ref> and is [[Honorary Consul]], for [[Barbados]] in Hong Kong.

==See also==
*[[Li Ka-Shing]]
*[[List of kidnappings]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Li Ka-shing Family Empire}}

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