At the beginning of the new year, the situation in the United States was turbulent and tense. Clashes broke out between Republican-controlled Texas and the Union over immigration at the border, with the Federal Border Patrol and the Texas National Guard engaged in an armed standoff 4 kilometers from the U.S.-Mexico border.
As a result, the world is discussing the issue of the American Civil War. I don't know if it was affected by this factor, the Li Ka-shing family suddenly announced that it would be headquartered in the United States.
The firm currently manages more than $150 billion in assets and is one of the largest asset managers in the United States. Li Ka-shing's son, Li Zekai, spent 2The company was acquired for $7.7 billion, when the company had more than $80 billion in assets under management. After 14 years of development, the scale of the company has almost doubled.
But unexpectedly, now the news that Li Zekai wants to ** has broken out. Li Zekai also deliberately responded to this matter recently, but this response is very intriguing. Li Zekai did not directly respond to the matter of Berry Assets, but only said that he would not do business in China, and said that he would continue to be optimistic about the Chinese market.
Li Zekai is indeed smart. Today, China is the most promising market in the world. China's GDP is still growing at 5%, and our total GDP is already the second largest in the world. China has a population of more than one billion, and this consumption power is also staggering.
The key point is that China's consumption power has not yet been fully released. China's per capita savings increased to 9 percent last year70,000, this shows a problem, that is, Chinese are still relatively conservative and involuted, and in a few days, when the current young people grow up, this involution will pass.
At that time, young people will be like young people in Europe and the United States, pay attention to the enjoyment in front of them, and will not think about involution, and their consumption power will be greatly improved.
Li Zekai has been trying to let his FWD Insurance enter the domestic market in recent years. Ten years ago, Li Zekai's father, Li Ka-shing, successively sold real estate projects in the mainland and cashed out hundreds of billions of funds.
At that time, many people were talking about Li Ka-shing, this is not good, that is not good. Some people say that he cashed out China to invest in foreign countries, and some people say that he sold too fast and did not cash out again at the high point. But now that you have seen so many mainland real estate tycoons have had accidents, you know how smart Li Ka-shing is.
Li Ka-shing's vision is really accurate. Now that the family is suddenly preparing to sell an American company, it may be a signal. In fact, many people may not know that Li Ka-shing himself has almost no investment in other businesses in the United States, except for technology companies.
Li Ka-shing's business covers many fields, with the real estate and infrastructure sectors being the most. He went to invest in Canada and Europe early on, but in the United States he hardly invested.
So why didn't Li Ka-shing invest in the United States, the world's most economically developed country? In fact, if you look at the fate of the Russian tycoons in the Western world, you may know.
Western countries boast that they are the most civilized and trustworthy. But when they play hooliganism, there is no bottom line, and the assets will be confiscated if they say they will be confiscated. Although Li Ka-shing has a lot of assets, his identity and status are very sensitive. Over the years, he has tried his best not to touch the bottom line of politics, but after all, he has made a big move.
There is one thing that many people may not know, Li Ka-shing once went to the Panama Canal to invest, and the Americans were very nervous. The Americans tried together to control the Panama Canal, because the strategic position of this canal in the world is very important, and the east bank of the United States depends on this canal.
At that time, the United States believed that Li Ka-shing was fighting for control of the canal on behalf of China. Later, Li Ka-shing hurriedly came out to explain that he was a personal investment and had no other political purpose, and at the same time, he was only investing in the ports at both ends of the canal.
If you understand this, you will know why Li Ka-shing has always wanted to be a pure businessman.