Who is Richard Li?

Filed in archive Did you know on January 11, 2010

Who is Richard Li?

Richard Li runs PCCW (formerly Pacific Century Cyber Works Ltd.), Hong Kong's largest telecommunications operator. Li is an investor who started off in the early 1990's with a company he founded - StarTV. He put $250 million into the company and then sold it to Rupert Murdock for $950 million.

PCCW's real impact stretches far beyond Hong Kong. The company is the world's largest provider of INternet Protocol TV. PCCW has over 500,000 subscribers for that service.

Li's influence extends well outside the business world.

Li acts as the Governor of the World Economic Forum for Information Technologies and Telecommunications. He also is an active member of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the International Advisory Board of the Center for International Development, the Global Information Infrastructure Commission, and the United Nations Information and Communication Technology Advisory Group.

Li recently acquired the Hong Kong Economic Journal.