李嘉诚 统领长江实业、和黄集团、香港电灯、长江基建等集团公司，全球华人首富，全世界华人最成功的企业家。十四岁投身商界，22岁正式创业，半个世纪的奋斗始终以"超越"为主题：从超越平凡起跑；为超越对手努力；达到巅峰，超越巅峰；实现自我，超越自我，于是世人称之为"超人"。李嘉诚不仅是创业精英、商界巨头，而且在其创业发展路上，并购多家公司。可以说，李创业之路就是一条并购之路，其创业和壮大与兼并和收购其它公司企业分不开。李嘉诚的并购之路同其人生经历、创业经历一样倍受世人关注。艰辛与成功的创业经历 1928年7月29日，李嘉诚先生诞生于广东省潮州潮安县。1940年，随父母到香港定居。1943年冬其父辞世，至此少年李嘉诚开始了学徒、工人、塑胶厂推销员的生活。 1948年，20岁的他就开始在新蒲岗担任了一家塑胶厂的业务经理、总经理。1950年，在筲箕湾创立了长江塑胶厂。1957年，在北角创立了长江工业有限公司，发展塑胶花、玩具生产等。1958年，1960年先后在北角、柴湾建造了两座工业大厦。 1972年9月31日，李嘉诚创建了长江实业有限公司，11月1日，"长实"股票在香港证券交易所、远东交易所、金银证券交易所挂牌上市，并相继在伦敦（1973年）、加拿大的温哥华（1974年6月）挂牌上市。1974年5月，与加拿大帝国商业银行联组恰东财务有限公司。1985年5月15日，李嘉诚出任汇丰银行董事局非执行副董事长。1986年，长实集团名列香港十大财团首富，李嘉诚旗下四大公司上市值占香港上市总值13．57％。1990年4月7日，李嘉诚旗下的"和黄"与"中信"、英国大东电报局合作投资的"亚洲卫星一号"，由中国"长征3号"运载火箭，成功地送入东南亚上空的同步轨道。到1991年间，"长实"系财团已发展成为有重要国际地位和重大影响的跨国多元化企业集团，拥有1200多亿港元资产，比1986年增加两倍半。"超人"美誉与并购经历叱咤香江，纵横海外，李嘉诚这个神奇的名字，今天已是'成功'与'奇迹'的代名词：他统领着长江实业、和黄集团、香港电灯、长江基建等四家上市公司，业务遍及各行各业，如地产、港口货运、超级市场、基建、电讯、酒店、保险、水泥、电力、网络等等，形成一个逾万亿资产的跨国企业帝国。而李嘉诚本人也荣列世界富豪榜第10位，成为有史以来华人最杰出的企业家之一。这一切，使他赢得了'超人'的美誉纵观李嘉诚传奇的商旅生涯，他最为成功之处是善于审时度势、运筹帷幄。李嘉诚十四岁投身商界，22岁正式创业，半个世纪的奋斗皆以'超越'为主题：从超越平凡起跑；为超越对手努力；达到巅峰，超越巅峰；实现自我，超越自我，于是人们称之为"超人"。而其企业发展壮大与其兼并和收购其它公司有关。1974年4月，成功收购美资永高公司，接手经营香港希尔顿大酒店和印尼巴厘岛的凯悦酒店，并相继购入虎豹别墅及其他多项地皮、物业。1978年9月5日，李嘉诚从汇丰银行承接了"黄埔"公司9000万股股票，同年，还收购了英资青洲英坭有限公司，出任该公司董事局主席。1979年7月，"长实"与中资侨光公司联组宜宾地产有限公司，取得沙田铁路维修站上盖发展权，并成立中国（香港）水泥厂（1982年投产）。是年9月25日，"长实"赢得和记黄埔公司控股权，并于10月15日出任"和黄"执行董事。1981年1月1日，李嘉诚出任"和黄"公司董事局主席。1997年与"首钢"联手收购香港东荣钢铁集团有限公司，收购北京长城饭店等七家大酒店，拥有51％的股权。1985年，购入加拿大温哥华世界博览会商业中心，斥资百亿港元，兴建规模庞大的商住住宅群。经过不断发展壮大，李嘉诚旗下的"长实"集团及其附属公司，现已发展成为在香港以至世界具有领导地位的地产、国际集装箱货柜码头业和投资发展的举足轻重的集团公司。市值已超过2700亿港元。业务经营范围包括地产发展、金融、贸易、货柜码头、运输业、能源、电力、通讯、卫星广播、酒店业、零售业等。1928年出生于广东潮州，父亲是小学校长。1940年为躲避日本侵略者的压迫，全家逃难到香港。两年后，父亲病逝。为了养活母亲和三个弟妹，李嘉诚被迫辍学走上社会谋生。开始，李嘉诚为一间玩具制造公司当推销员。工作虽然繁忙，失学的李嘉诚仍用工余之暇到夜校进修，补习文化。由于勤奋好学，精明能干，不到20岁，他便升任塑料玩具厂的总经理。两年后，李嘉诚把握时机，用平时省吃俭用积蓄的7000美元创办了自己的塑胶厂，他将它命名为“长江塑胶厂”。 1958年，李嘉诚开始投资地产市场。他独到的眼光和精明的开发策略使“长江”很快成为香港的一大地产发展和投资实业公司。当“长江实业”于1972年上市时，其股票被超额认购65倍。到70年代末期，他在同辈大亨中已排众而出。1979年，“长江”购入老牌英资商行－－“和记黄埔”，李嘉诚因而成为首位收购英资商行的华人。1984年，“长江”又购入“香港电灯公司”的控制性股权。李嘉诚先生现任“长江实业集团有限公司”董事局主席兼总经理及“和记黄埔有限公司”董事局主席。其所管理的企业，于1994年除税后赢利达28亿美元。1995年12月，长江实业集团三家上市公司的市值，总共已超过420亿美元。

官方简介：
Mr. Li Ka-shing
Mr. Li Ka-shing is the Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited and Hutchison Whampoa Limited. Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited is the flagship of the Cheung Kong Group which has business operations in 56 countries around the world and employs around 240,000 staff. In Hong Kong alone, the Group includes eleven listed companies with a combined market capitalization of approximately HK$827 billion. Hutchison Whampoa Limited is a Fortune Global 500 company.
Born in 1928 in Chiu Chow, a coastal city in the southeastern part of China, Mr. Li fled to Hong Kong with his family to avoid the perils of war. His father suffered from tuberculosis and passed away in Hong Kong. Shouldering the responsibility of looking after the livelihood of the family, Mr. Li was forced to leave school before the age of 15 and found a job in a plastics trading company where he labored 16 hours a day. By 1950, his hard work, prudence and his pursuit of excellence had enabled him to start his own company, Cheung Kong Industries. From manufacturing plastics, Mr. Li led and developed his company into a leading real estate investment company in Hong Kong that was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1972. Cheung Kong continued to expand by acquiring Hutchison Whampoa and Hongkong Electric Holdings Limited in 1979 and 1985 respectively.
Based in Hong Kong, the Cheung Kong Group's businesses encompass such diverse areas as property development and investment, real estate agency and estate management, hotels, telecommunications and e-commerce, finance and investments, retail, ports and related services, energy, infrastructure projects and materials, media, and biotechnology. Mr. Li is a strong believer in synergy—the power of combined efforts. This belief is reflected in his naming his company Cheung Kong Holdings after the Yangtze River that flows through China, a great river that aggregates countless streams and tributaries. The Times in the United Kingdom and Ernst & Young UK jointly named Mr. Li as the Entrepreneur of the Millennium at the turn of the century.
Mr. Li believes that an equitable society can only be achieved if each and every individual is ready and willing to do his or her part. In 1980, Mr. Li set up a charitable foundation with a mission to nurture "a culture of giving" in our society. The Li Ka Shing Foundation focuses on a two-pronged approach: capacity empowerment through education, and the building of a caring society through medical and healthcare related projects. To date, the Li Ka Shing Foundation and other private charitable Foundations established by Mr. Li have supported numerous charitable activities with grants, sponsorships and commitments of HK$8.3 billion.
Mr. Li also founded Shantou University in 1981 in Shantou, China, to engineer reforms in China's education system. Shantou University has nine colleges including a medical college with five affiliated hospitals. With students enrolling from all parts of China, the university has approximately 6,500 undergraduate and 1,500 graduate students.
In recognition of his philanthropic efforts and his contributions to society, Mr. Li has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Cambridge, the University of Calgary in Canada, Peking University, and the University of Hong Kong, among others. Mr. Li, a Justice of the Peace, has also received the Grand Officer of the Order Vasco Nunez de Balboa from Panama, The Commander in the Leopold Order from Belgium, Knight (Commander of the Order) of the British Empire, and the Grand Bauhinia Medal of Hong Kong. More recently, in January 2005, Mr. Li received the Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur from the French Government.
Mr. Li has two sons. The elder son, Victor, now serves as Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of Cheung Kong (Holdings) Limited, Deputy Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, and Chairman of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Limited and CK Life Sciences international (Holdings) Inc. Mr. Li's younger son, Richard, is Chairman of PCCW, one of Asia's leading information technology and telecommunications companies.