Original title: the real invisible richest man, with trillions of assets hidden in the United States, no one knows how many sources of wealth his family has: Tencent News

(by Zijian)

Although Jack Ma overtook Li Ka-shing to become the richest Chinese in the world. In recent years, however, many rich people have accumulated a lot of wealth in China and then gradually transferred these assets abroad. Many people make new investments overseas, and some even acquire foreign nationality directly. Li Ka-shing, China's richest man, began selling mainland assets many years ago and investing in the UK. However, as Li Superman, Li Ka-shing's investment direction is always eye-catching. Li Ka-shing has 52 ports and 287 berths in 26 countries, including five of the world's 10 busiest container terminals. In addition, he has more than 14400 retail stores around the world and daily income of more than Rmb300m.

It can be said that Li Ka-shing has business all over the world. In fact, he prefers the layout of overseas markets, but he has little layout for the United States, an economic power. He invests more in Britain and Canada. After withdrawing investment from the mainland, Li Ka-shing continued to invest in Europe. However, this does not mean that Li Ka-shing does not value the US market.

Li Ka-shing prefers to invest in the UK because of his education. Li Ka-shing was not only educated by Chinese traditional culture, but also influenced by British culture. Therefore, he has a deep understanding of British culture, history and customs, which is beneficial to his investment judgment. In addition, Richard Li and Victor Li are Canadian. Victor Li also studied in Canada and worked in the real estate business there after graduation. Victor Li also developed Wanbo Park, the largest community in Canada.

In recent years, the British economy has been unstable, Li Ka-shing took the opportunity to bottom out. In addition, Li Ka-shing's investment style has always favoured bottom-cutting investments that buy low and sell high. Capital is profit-driven, and the European market is a bit sluggish compared with the US, especially in the declining UK, which makes it easy for Li Ka-shing to bottom out. Although the investment in Europe is very large, the investment in the United States is very low-key.

But the truth is, Li Ka-shing has a huge business in the United States, and it is a hidden wealth. If Li Ka-shing hadn't personally revealed it at the graduation ceremony of Shantou University last year, no one would have known. Li Ka-shing is a discerning tycoon and is very cautious in this respect. The US economy is very stable, and there can be a stable return on investment in the US. Li Ka-shing will certainly not miss such a market. At the graduation ceremony of Shantou University last year, Li Ka-shing said that he would ask Richard Li to donate more money in the future. Li Ka-shing said that Richard Li has made a lot of money in the United States in recent years.

In 2018, Li Ka-shing gave full play to his business acumen by dividing his property among his two sons. He divided his property reasonably between his two sons. His eldest son, Victor Li, inherited the family business. Richard Li, his second son, received a lot of cash assets. Richard Li and Victor Li are not satisfied with the distribution and can be exchanged. Li Ka-shing said he gave Li a lot of money, mainly to increase his career.

Richard Li's own business has not expanded for years, and the money has been secretly invested in the United States. With such a large investment, Li Zekai will certainly discuss with his father Li Ka-shing. So the two decided to set up a fund in the United States in the name of Richard Li. The current size of the fund is US $92 billion, almost HK $1 trillion.

As a result, Li Ka-shing did not invest in the US market. What he did was to help Richard Li pave the way. In fact, whether it is Li Ka-shing's direct investment or Li Zekai's investment, the wealth obtained belongs to Li Ka-shing's family, and there is no difference. In addition, most of Li Ka-shing's investment projects have stable cash returns, even if some returns are not high, they are also very stable, with a large amount of cash flow, which is Li Ka-shing's invincible magic weapon.

No wonder Li Ka-shing smiled from ear to ear. The fund belongs to Richard Li's personal assets, and these invisible assets alone are enough to make him one of the three richest people in the world. But the Li family are very low-key, they do not want others to know their true wealth. Li Ka-shing, Victor Li and Richard Li do not want to compete on the rich list.

Most Li Ka-shing family businesses have stable cash returns, although the rate of return is not high, but the cash flow is very large. And Li doesn't like to be in debt. When he was young, Richard Li borrowed $18 billion from the bank to buy Hong Kong Telecom. The acquisition may seem risky, but it is not. As Hong Kong Telecom is a company with stable cash flow, its assets are only over HK $300 billion and its annual profit is more than 10 billion.

After buying HKT Trust and HKT, Richard Li is fully capable of repaying the money. In addition, the Li family has not borrowed money from banks for many years, which makes many Hong Kong banks very painful. The Li family borrowed money this time, which can be regarded as a treat to the bank. Many people believe that the Li family's biggest business is the Hong Kong telecom business, which has become so stable that he rarely manages it himself. Richard Li also revealed in an interview that colleagues may directly manage the business in the future.

In fact, Li Ka-shing is also very smart. Li Zekai once studied and worked in the United States, so he was very familiar with the situation in the United States, so Li Ka-shing gave him money to support his development in the United States. Victor Li's business is mainly in Europe and Canada, while Richard Li's business is in the United States and Southeast Asia. Now the business of the Li family is global and invincible.

So Li Ka-shing not only invests in the UK, but also has nearly trillions of hidden assets in the United States in the name of Richard Li, so no one knows how much wealth his family has.