Li Ruigang | |||||||||||
Office: | Honorary chair of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Media | ||||||||||
Office2: | Chairman of the Shaw Brothers Holdings Limited | ||||||||||
Term Start2: | 25 October 2016 | ||||||||||
Predecessor2: | Allan Yap | ||||||||||
Office1: | Vice chair of the TVB | ||||||||||
Term Start1: | 17 October 2016 | ||||||||||
Birth Date: | 13 June 1969 | ||||||||||
Birth Place: | Lanzhou, Gansu
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Native Name Lang: | zh |
Li Ruigang (; born 13 June 1969) is a Chinese businessman and media mogul. He was born in Lanzhou, Gansu province with his ancestral home in Zhongshan, Guangdong.
Li obtained an MBA from Fudan University and went to Columbia University as a visiting scholar.
Li was president of the Shanghai Media Group from 2002 to 2011.
In 2011, Li was appointed as Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Party Committee and Director of the Municipal Party General Office.[1]
Li is chair of China Media Capital[2] which bought a stake in Manchester City football club.[3] He oversaw a mass media holding company that includes television stations, radio, newspapers, magazines, and Internet ventures. During his tenure revenue for the company expanded six-fold.[4]
Li serves as a non-executive director of WPP.[5]