Investor and businessman Richard Li has brokered quite a number of China’s most amazing deals. He earns a net worth within the range of $1.1 billion, as reported by Forbes magazine. This huge amount of earnings has allowed Richard Li to be ranked among the richest men in the world.

Good fortune and success seems to be embedded in his DNA, though. Richard Li happens to be the youngest son of Li Ka-Shing, the man who, according to Forbes, is the richest man of Chinese decent. His father has an estimate net worth of $18.8 billion.

Richard Li started “earning” in 1991 by borrowing $250 million from his father. With the money, he was able to launch the Star TV satellite outfit. In 1995, Richard Li sold Star TV to Rupert Murdoch for $950 million, which he used to establish Pacific Century Group, as well as to finance his investments in real estate, technology, and financial services. One of Richard Li’s real estate ventures is his 55% ownership of the $400 million Marunouchi building in Tokyo.

Richard Li currently runs Hong Kong’s largest telecommunications operator, PCCW. Having more than 500,000 subscribers, Pacific Century CyberWorks is the world’s largest provider of Internet Protocol TV.

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