Background
Ken Lee was born in Yantai, Shandong province, a poor rural area in China. In 1938, when Ken Lee was just seven, his father Bing left Yantai, putting him in charge of the family while he sailed to Australia seeking his fortune.
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Career
He also served as the company"s chairman from 1987 until 2007. Once the war was over it took them three years to make their way to Sydney in 1948 and reunite with Bing. Ken and his father, Bing Lee, opened their first Bing Lee store in Fairfield, New South Wales in 1957 as an electrical sales and repair store.
Lee"s first job at Bing Lee was as a repairman and salesman.
However, he and his father gradually built the Bing Lee chain from its first store into a multimillion-dollar retail business. By 1987, Bing Lee had expanded to 11 stores.
There are now over 35 stores located throughout New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, as of 2007. The company now has over 700 employees.
According to news reports, Ken Lee knew nearly all of his 700 employees by name.
Lee had a number of personal interests and hobbies. He was an avid golfer, snooker player, fisher and boater. The couple had two sons, Lionel and Greg.
Ken Lee died on 21 December 2007, at Street Vincent"s Hospital, Sydney, aged 75, from cancer.
