Samuel Tak Lee is a Hong Kong-born billionaire who has built up a vast property empire spanning from Hong Kong and London to Geneva and Tokyo. His most notable acquisition is Langham Estate, a 14-acre area of prime retail and office space located between Soho and Mayfair in London, which he purchased in 1994.
Samuel Tak Lee is a member of Real Estate
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard Business School
Occupation
property developer
Children
7
💰 Net worth: $3.6 Billion (2024)
Samuel Tak Lee, a prominent figure in the real estate industry in Hong Kong, is projected to have a net worth of $3.6 billion by 2024. With an extensive portfolio and a knack for making strategic investments, Lee has established himself as a successful entrepreneur in the competitive Hong Kong market. Known for his astute business sense and a shrewd understanding of the real estate sector, Lee has managed to amass considerable wealth over the years. With his expertise and wealth, Samuel Tak Lee continues to reshape and redefine the real estate landscape in Hong Kong.
2014
$3 Billion
2015
$2.9 Billion
2016
$3.1 Billion
2017
$3 Billion
2018
$4.1 Billion
Biography/Timeline
1939
Samuel Tak Lee was born in April 1939. He has a bachelor's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
1994
One of his most prominent acquisitions was his purchase of London's historic Langham Estate for $75 million in 1994. He then developed The Knightsbridge Apartments in Knightsbridge, London.
2007
In 2007, he donated $9 million to Hong Kong's Diocesan Boys' School, of which he was a student between 1951 and 1958.
2015
In 2015, Lee donated $118 million to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to be used to establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab focused on China.
