LI KA SHING

WHY HIM? Hong Kong’s richest person is also one of the city’s most generous philanthropists—he founded the Li Ka Shing Foundation in 1980 and aims to donate at least a third of his more than Us$30bn fortune to it. DIGGING DEEP Li has made multiple large donations, including earmarking Hk$8bn worth of grants for Guangdong’s Shantou University, which he helped to establish. Turn to page 12 for more on Li’s giving.