2013年SAT写作：亚洲首富李嘉诚.doc

2013年SAT写作：亚洲首富李嘉诚 小马过河为大家准备了“2013年SAT写作：亚洲首富李嘉诚”， 供各位备考SAT的考生们参考使用，来提高自己的托福成绩！免费咨询电话：400-0123-267 　　Li Ka-shing 　　Sir Ka-shing Li, GBM, KBE,JP (born 13 June 1928 in Chaozhou, China)is a Hong Kong business magnate and philanthropist. He is considered to be the richest person in Asia. As of November 2012, according to Forbes, he is the9th richest person in the world with an estimated wealth of US $25.5 billion.As of October 2012, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index listed him as the twelfth richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of $27.5 billion. Presently, he is the chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) and Cheung Kong Holdings; through them, he is the worlds largest operator of container terminals and the worlds largest health and beauty retailer. 　　Considered one of the most powerful figures in Asia, Li was named Asias Most Powerful Man, Li Ka-Ching by Asiaweek in 2001. His companies make up 15% of the market cap of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Forbes Magazine and the Forbes family honoured Li Ka-shing with the first ever Malcolm S. Forbes Lifetime Achievement Award on 5 September 2006, inSingapore. In spite of his wealth, Li has cultivated a reputation for leading a no-frills lifestyle, and is known to wear simple black dress shoes and an inexpensive Seiko wristwatch, which is at odds with the house he owns in one of Hong Kongs most expensive precincts, Deep Water Bay in Hong Kong Island. Li is also regarded as one of Asias most generous philanthropists, donating over US $1.41 billion to date to charity and other various philanthropic causes. Li is often referred to as Superman in Hong Kong because of his business prowess. 　　Li Ka-shing was born in Chaozhou in Guangdong province, China, in 1928 to Teochew descendants. Due to his fathers death, he was forced to leave school before the age of 15 and found a job in a plastics trading company where he labored 16 hours a day. By 1950 he was able to start his own company, Cheung Kong Industries.