Portrait of Samuel Tak Lee

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Samuel Tak Lee

Net worth $4.2B

Real estate · Hong Kong

Born
Apr 09, 1939
Age
87
Source
Real estate
Residence
Hong Kong
Citizenship
Hong Kong
Marital status
Married
Children
7
Education
Master of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Samuel Tak Lee owns property company Langham Estate, which manages a swath of prime retail and office space in London's West End.
  • Lee reportedly sold part of his 1.3 million-square-foot property portfolio in the West End for £340 million ($430 million) in 2024.
  • His property holdings also stretch from Hong Kong to Geneva.
  • In 2020, Lee sold his entire stake in London-based Shaftesbury, a publicly traded real estate company, at a discount for $589 million.
  • In 2015, Lee donated $118 million to his alma mater the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to establish a real estate entrepreneurship lab.

Financial assets

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