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'''Samathur Li Kin-kan''' (born 1973) is a Hong Kong businessman, and the eldest son of Hong Kong billionaire Samuel Tak Lee.
==Early life== Samathur Li Kin-kan is the eldest son of Hong Kong billionaire property developer Samuel Tak Lee (1939–2026).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-08 |title=$118M gift from MIT alumnus will advance socially responsible and sustainable real estate development |url=https://news.mit.edu/2015/samuel-tak-lee-gift-real-estate-entrepreneurship-lab-0108 |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=MIT News {{!}} Massachusetts Institute of Technology |language=en}}</ref>
== Business career == Li has been a director of various family businesses. In or after 2013, he pursued a lawsuit for a claimed loss of US$20 million against a firm using a "robot hedge fund".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Man |first=Pui-Guan |date=24 May 2026 |title=West End’s billionaire Hong Kong landlord dies |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/05/24/west-ends-billionaire-hong-kong-landlord-dies/ |access-date=2026-05-29 |website=Daily Telegraph}}</ref>
In 2021, Li was working on a not-for-profit biomass generation scheme using brownfield land to produce "raw materials for environmentally-friendly fuels as well as generating carbon credits".<ref name="Autosport 2021" />
==Motorsports career== Li is the founder and owner of the British-based car racing Team Veloqx, which won the British GT Championship in its first season in 2002.<ref name="Autosport 2021">{{cite news |last1=Watkins |first1=Gary |title=Veloqx to make Le Mans return with biofuel Hypercar |url=https://www.autosport.com/wec/news/veloqx-to-make-le-mans-return-with-biofuel-hypercar/6653444/ |access-date=29 May 2026 |work=Autosport |date=26 August 2021}}</ref> In 2004, with two Audi R8 LMP1 prototypes, they won the Sebring 12 Hours and came second at the Le Mans 24 Hours.<ref name="Autosport 2021"/> Team Veloqx took a break from 2004 for Li to focus on the family real estate business, but was relaunched in 2021, with plans to compete in the World Endurance Championship challenger with a Veloqx Fangio Hypercar.<ref name="Autosport 2021"/>
==Personal life== In December 2011, the Hong Kong High Court ordered Li to pay his wife of eight years, Florence Tsang, a 38-year-old solicitor, a divorce settlement of HK$1.2 billion ($154 million or £98 million).<ref name="co.uk">{{Cite news |date=2 December 2011 |title=Ex-wife awarded $154m in Hong Kong payout |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-15997499 |access-date=26 May 2026 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Malcolm |date=2 December 2011 |title=Asian property tycoon heir to pay £95 million to ex-wife |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/hongkong/8931226/Asian-property-tycoon-heir-to-pay-95-million-to-ex-wife.html |access-date=26 May 2026 |website=Daily Telegraph}}</ref> The divorce occurred because she refused to have an abortion.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 December 2011 |title=The billionaire divorce case that gripped the city |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/986560/billionaire-divorce-case-gripped-city |access-date=26 May 2026 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> The package included real estate and club membership fees in Hong Kong and London, and fees to buy three luxury cars and a yacht.<ref name="co.uk"/> Tsang had sought HK$6.4 billion, more than half of their joint assets.<ref name="co.uk"/> In January 2014, the Hong Kong Court of Appeal reduced the divorce settlement to HK$411 million, following an appeal by Li and his father.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 January 2014 |title=Update {{!}} Court slashes record divorce payout for property scion's ex-wife |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1402308/court-slashes-record-divorce-payout-property-scions-ex-wife |access-date=26 May 2026 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
Li owns the Cayman Islands-registered superyacht Pelorus, previously owned by Roman Abramovich, and later David Geffen.<ref name="Cayman Compass">{{cite news |last1=Klein |first1=Michael |title=Crew of Cayman-registered superyacht sues for unpaid wages |url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2021/07/16/crew-of-cayman-registered-superyacht-sues-for-unpaid-wages/ |access-date=26 May 2026 |work=Cayman Compass |date=16 July 2021}}</ref>
Li is a car collector, and owns the Rolls-Royce Sweptail, which, at the time of launch, was the most expensive new car ever, priced at over £10 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 December 2017 |title=Sam Li's Car Collection (China) |url=https://supercars.agent4stars.com/property/sam-lis-car-collection-china/ |access-date=27 May 2026 |website=Agent4Stars.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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