Li was born into an impoverished family in China in 1928 when he was 15 his father died, forcing Li to leave high school so that he could work to support his family He took a job in a plastics company, where he would work 16 hours a day At this company. Li used to assemble plastic flowers. By 1950. Li had started his own plastics manufacturing company. His company prospered, which led Li to expand his business into many different helds. 2 P However, his successes are not all monetary Li Ka-shing has a reputation for being honest and generous. In fact, he is one of Asia's most prominent philanthropists, and has announced plans to donate one-third of his wealth Rale to charity