The 2026 edition of Forbes' 'Top 50 Hong Kong Rich List' has been released. CK Hutchison Holdings founder Li Ka-shing continues to top the list as Hong Kong's richest man, with a personal wealth of approximately HK$351.78 billion (RM 175.737 billion). The late Henderson Land founder Lee Shau Kee's eldest son Peter Lee Ka Kit and second son Lee Ka Shing and their family rank second with around HK$272.22 billion (RM 135.992 billion), while the Cheng family of New World claims third place with approximately HK$203.58 billion (RM 101.701 billion).
The five children of the late Lee Kum Kee Group chairman Lee Man Tat maintain fourth place with a fortune of HK$137.28 billion (RM 68.58 billion), while Kwong Siu Hing, widow of the late Sun Hung Kai Properties founder Kwok Tak Seng, rises to fifth with around HK$136.5 billion (RM 68.191 billion).
The 6th to 10th positions are occupied by Wharf Group's Peter Woo Kwong Ching (HK$116.2 billion) (RM 58.049 billion), Chinese Estates founder Joseph Lau Luen Hung (HK$111.5 billion) (RM 55.701 billion), Alibaba chairman Joseph Tsai Chong Xin (HK$110.8 billion) (RM 55.352 billion), the Lui family of Galaxy Entertainment and K. Wah International (HK$99.1 billion) (RM 49.507 billion), and EQT Asia chairman Jean Salata (HK$74.1 billion) (RM 37.018 billion).
Among the 'Top Ten Tycoons', seven have significant involvement in real estate, including CK Hutchison's Li Ka-shing, Henderson Land's Lee Ka Kit and Lee Ka Shing family, New World's Cheng family, Sun Hung Kai's Kwong Siu Hing, Wharf's Peter Woo, Chinese Estates' Joseph Lau, and K. Wah's Lui family; as for the Lee Kum Kee Lee Man Tat family, their main business is food, while Joseph Tsai and Jean Salata focus on technology and investment management.
According to Forbes, a series of IPOs last year buoyed market sentiment, along with a gradual recovery in the real estate sector, helping Hong Kong become one of Asia's best-performing stock markets; since the previous wealth assessment, the Hang Seng Index has soared nearly 30%. Riding this trend, the total net worth on the Forbes Hong Kong 50 Rich List rose from last year's US$301 billion (RM 1.17 trillion) to a record-breaking US$366 billion (RM 1.42 trillion).