Li Ka shing Left School at 15, Then Became the RICHEST Man in Asia

NARRATION: He left school at fifteen to work in a factory. He became the richest man in Asia.

Li Ka-shing was born in China and fled to Hong Kong as war closed in.

His father died of tuberculosis when Li was a teenager, leaving him to feed the family.

He worked long days in a plastics factory, watching, learning, saving every coin.

At twenty-one he started his own company, making plastic flowers that never wilted.

They sold across the world, and the factory boy became a manufacturer.

He poured the profits into Hong Kong real estate when prices were low.

Riots scared others into selling. He bought, and waited.

His empire grew into ports, telecom, and power across dozens of countries.

They called him Superman, the refugee child who became Asia's richest man.

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