Samathur Li
Samathur Li Kin-kan (born 1973) is a Hong Kong businessman, and the eldest son of Hong Kong billionaire Samuel Tak Lee.
Early life
[edit]Samathur Li Kin-kan is the eldest son of Hong Kong billionaire property developer Samuel Tak Lee (1939–2026).[1]
Business career
[edit]Li has been a director of various family businesses. In or after 2013, he pursued a lawsuit for a claimed loss of US$20 million against a firm using a "robot hedge fund".[2]
In 2021, Li was working on a not-for-profit biomass generation scheme using brownfield land to produce "raw materials for environmentally-friendly fuels as well as generating carbon credits".[3]
Motorsports career
[edit]Li is the founder and owner of the British-based car racing Team Veloqx, which won the British GT Championship in its first season in 2002.[3] In 2004, with two Audi R8 LMP1 prototypes, they won the Sebring 12 Hours and came second at the Le Mans 24 Hours.[3] Team Veloqx took a break from 2004 for Li to focus on the family real estate business, but was relaunched in 2021, with plans to compete in the 2025 FIA World Endurance Championship with a Veloqx Fangio Hypercar.[3] As of 2026,[update] the project has yet to come to fruition.
Personal life
[edit]In December 2011, the Hong Kong High Court ordered Li to pay his wife of eight years, Florence Tsang, a 38-year-old solicitor, a divorce settlement of HK$1.2 billion ($154 million or £98 million).[4][5] The divorce occurred because she refused to have an abortion.[6] The package included real estate and club membership fees in Hong Kong and London, and fees to buy three luxury cars and a yacht.[4] Tsang had sought HK$6.4 billion, more than half of their joint assets.[4] In January 2014, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal reduced the divorce settlement to HK$411 million, following an appeal by Li and his father.[7]
Li owns the Cayman Islands-registered superyacht Pelorus, previously owned by Roman Abramovich, and later David Geffen.[8]
Li is a car collector, and owns the Rolls-Royce Sweptail, which, at the time of launch, was the most expensive new car ever, priced at over £10 million.[9]
References
[edit]- ↑ "$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development". MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ Man, Pui-Guan (24 May 2026). "West End's billionaire Hong Kong landlord dies". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Watkins, Gary (26 August 2021). "Veloqx to make Le Mans return with biofuel Hypercar". Autosport. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Ex-wife awarded $154m in Hong Kong payout". BBC News. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ Moore, Malcolm (2 December 2011). "Asian property tycoon heir to pay £95 million to ex-wife". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "The billionaire divorce case that gripped the city". South China Morning Post. 2 December 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Update | Court slashes record divorce payout for property scion's ex-wife". South China Morning Post. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ Klein, Michael (16 July 2021). "Crew of Cayman-registered superyacht sues for unpaid wages". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
- ↑ "Sam Li's Car Collection (China)". Agent4Stars.com. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2026.