Michael Ying

Michael Ying Lee Yuen (Chinese: 邢李㷧; pinyin: Xíng Lǐyuán; born December 1949) is a Hong Kong billionaire businessman and philanthropist. Ying is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Esprit Holdings Limited, and remains the largest individual shareholder, with a 15% stake. Ying steadily reduced his majority stake in recent years, pocketing more than $2 billion. Ying has donated to various charitable organizations, and started the Yanai Foundation in 2006 to benefit medical and educational related initiatives.