PETER AND MARTIN LEE DISCUSS THEIR FIRST YEAR AS JOINT CHAIRMEN OF HENDERSON LAND, THEIR FATHER’S LEGACY AND THEIR FUTURE PLANS FOR THE DIVERSIFIED PROPERTY GIANT.
Hong Kong’s richest man Lee Shau Kee, 92, marked a milestone last May when he stepped down from running his flagship Henderson Land after 43 years, and handed the reins to his two sons, Peter and Martin, making them joint chairmen. So how does the pair plan to lead one of Asia’s largest and most successful real estate firms? The elder Peter Lee Ka Kit, 56, and the younger Martin Lee Ka Shing, 48, answered this question—and many more—in an exclusive interview held in January, the first-ever by the two brothers together (the father remains an executive director on the Henderson Land board). The pair were not given an easy start in their new roles—including protests and a recession in Hong Kong, the U.S.-China trade war (Henderson has massive mainland China investments)…
Hong Kong’s richest man Lee Shau Kee, 92, marked a milestone last May when he stepped down from running his flagship Henderson Land after 43 years, and handed the reins to his two sons, Peter and Martin, making them joint chairmen. So how does the pair plan to lead one of Asia’s largest and most successful real estate firms? The elder Peter Lee Ka Kit, 56, and the younger Martin Lee Ka Shing, 48, answered this question—and many more—in an exclusive interview held in January, the first-ever by the two brothers together (the father remains an executive director on the Henderson Land board). The pair were not given an easy start in their new roles—including protests and a recession in Hong Kong, the U.S.-China trade war (Henderson has massive mainland China investments)…