Background
Li Shufu was born in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China in 1963.
李书福, 李書福
Li Shufu was born in Taizhou, Zhejiang, China in 1963.
Currently, Li resides in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province. In 2013, Hurun Report ranked Li No. 63 richest person in mainland China and had a net worth of US$2.6 billion.
On 28 March 2010, Geely signed a deal worth US$ 1.8 billion to buy Volvo Cars from American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. It was the largest foreign purchase by a Chinese car manufacturer. Along with $900m of working capital from Geely and a commitment to build a Volvo factory in China, Mr Li has a target of driving sales to 600,000 by 2015 in the domestic market.