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Succession is always a thorny topic, but Li's case is sensitive because of his reputation as a dealmaker whose instincts may be impossible to duplicate. Li is also considered one of Asia's most forward-thinking businessmen. Hutchison Whampoa was an early investor in cell-phone companies such as Voice Stream and Orange, which were sold for huge profits. The company operates mobile-phone networks in Europe, Asia and Australia, though analysts are questioning Li's unprofitable investments in next-generation, or 3G, mobile-phone networks. It has major retail holdings in Europe (Superdrug) and Hong Kong, and also...
...Which of his two sons--quiet, nose-to-the-grindstone Victor or sociable, creative Richard--will take over the family businesses? The Li holdings are massive and include property giant Cheung Kong Holdings, one of Hong Kong's biggest property developers, and the ports, retailing and telecom conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa. It's a question that Li, as well as investors in his publicly traded companies, which have a combined market value of $74 billion, must inevitably confront in the coming years as he attempts to safeguard his immense legacy...
...hasn't lost his taste for construction sites. The Stanford-trained engineer occasionally slips away from his deputy chairman's office at Cheung Kong Holdings to schmooze with fellow engineers at half-built apartment blocks. He brings that hands-on spirit to Cheung Kong and sister company Hutchison Whampoa. In addition to property, Hong Kong's biggest conglomerate controls third-generation mobile-phone networks in Europe as well as the world's largest port operation. In Hong Kong, the Lis run telecom networks, supermarkets and pharmacies. Victor also won control of bankrupt Air Canada last month with a $490 million...
Mugane, who comes to Harvard from Ohio University, has been hired to fill the director position, while Boston University’s John Hutchison has temporarily stepped into the role of preceptor this year as a visiting professor of African and African American Studies. The department has yet to make a permanent appointment...
Earle is often suspected of bringing partisan cases on behalf of fellow Democrats. And while he has prosecuted 12 Democrats and only three Republicans, his biggest embarrassment came in 1994, after U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a prominent Republican, was indicted for allegedly using state employees to do political tasks. Earle amassed thousands of documents as evidence, and many thought the new Senator could lose her job. But at a pretrial hearing, the judge and Earle clashed over the admissibility of the documents; fearing he would lose, Earle declined to present a case. Hutchison was quickly acquitted, and Earle...