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To: ms.smartest.person who wrote (628)	3/9/2000 5:30:00 AM
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The Rise and Rise of the Li Dynasty Li Ka-shing went from making plastic flowers to building a multibillion-dollar property, telecoms and trading empire. One son, Victor, looks set to inherit that business; the other, Richard, is leading the family's charge into cyberspace 1928 Li Ka-shing is born in Shantou, China 1940 Moves to Hong Kong 1950 Starts Cheung Kong factory making plastic flowers 1958 Makes first property investment 1964 First son Victor is born in Hong Kong 1966 Second son Richard is born in Hong Kong 1972 Li Ka-shing's company lists on Hong Kong stock exchange as Cheung Kong Holdings 1979 Li Ka-shing buys property and trading conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa from Hongkong & Shanghai Bank 1983-90 Victor Li works on real estate projects for his father in Vancouver 1985 Li Ka-shing buys Hongkong Electric, the territory's main power supplier 1985 Victor Li graduates in construction management and engineering from Stanford 1985 Li Ka-shing establishes Hutchison Telecommunications to launch mobile phone service in Hong Kong 1987 Richard Li graduates from Stanford with a degree in computer science 1987 Richard Li becomes partner in Gordon Capital, a Toronto investment bank 1990 Victor Li returns to Hong Kong to work for Cheung Kong 1990 Richard Li returns to Hong Kong to work for Hutchison Whampoa 1991 Richard Li launches Star TV 1993 Richard Li sells Star to Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. for $950 million, launches Pacific Century Group with the proceeds 1994 Li Ka-shing establishes Orange mobile phone service in Britain 1996 Richard Li establishes Pacific Century CyberWorks 1996 Li Ka-shing launches Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings to consolidate group's construction operations 1996 Victor Li kidnapped. Father said to have paid more than $100 million for his release 1999 Richard Li announces Cyberport, a government-backed real estate venture aimed at making Hong Kong a high-tech hub 1999 Li Ka-shing sells Orange to Mannesmann, gets 10% of German firm's shares 1999 Victor Li's kidnapper, Cheung Tze-keung, known as "Big Spender," executed in China 1999 Victor Li becomes managing director of Cheung Kong and deputy chairman of Hutchison Whampoa 2000 January Li Ka-shing establishes Tom.com 2000 February Mannesmann bought by Vodafone in world's biggest takeover; Li ends up with stock worth $15 billion 2000 February Tom.com's IPO is oversubscribed 669 times 2000 February Richard Li buys Cable & Wireless HKT for $38 billion cnn.com

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