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Victor Li’s Net Worth in 2026, and What He Stands to Inherit

Updated 29 Oct 2026
$48.8bn
Li Ka-shing · Forbes, 29 Oct 2026

Forbes counts the fortune as his father’s: Li Ka-shing is worth $48.8bn. Victor has run CK Hutchison since 2018, but the shares sit in trusts Li set up, with Victor and his brother Richard among the beneficiaries.

CK Hutchison stake
30.44%, nearly all as a trust beneficiaryCK Hutchison Holdings, interim report
Trust settlor
Li Ka-shingCK Hutchison Holdings, interim report
Trustee company
Two-thirds Victor’s, one-third his father’sCK Hutchison Holdings, interim report
His father
Senior Advisor, aged 98Forbes

Timeline

  1. Li Ka-shing starts Cheung Kong Plastics with $6,500 in savings and loans. Forbes

  2. Victor is appointed chairman of CK Hutchison. CK Hutchison Holdings

  3. CK Hutchison announces a $22.8bn sale of 43 ports in 23 countries. The Loadstar

  4. Panama annuls the group’s contracts for two canal ports. CNBC

  5. Bloomberg reports the family is preparing a new generation of leaders for the group. Bloomberg, via The Star

  6. The Loadstar calls the ports sale a deal that “nobody can close”. The Loadstar

Changelog · last reviewed 29 Oct 2026
  1. Became a standing file.