Li Lu is a Chinese-born American value investor, businessman and philanthropist.
17 Facts About Li Lu
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Li Lu is the founder and chairman of Himalaya Capital.
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Li Lu was a survivor of 1976 Tangshan earthquake, one of the deadliest in recorded history.
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Li Lu helped organize the students and participated in a hunger strike.
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Li Lu then studied in the School of General Studies and later transferred to Columbia College.
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Li Lu ended up joining the college, law school and business school over a six-year period.
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Li Lu met Charlie Munger on Thanksgiving 2003 and they had been lifetime friends.
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Li Lu's investing mantra is "accurate and complete information," including understanding the character of a CEO by visiting his local church and speaking to his neighbors.
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Li Lu has been known as the man who introduced the Chinese battery and electric car maker BYD Company to Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett.
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In 2010, it was revealed that Li Lu had withdrawn himself from consideration for the job.
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Li Lu serves as co-founder and chairman of the board of The Asian American Foundation.
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In January 2020, Li Lu co-founded the Guardians of the Angeles Charitable Foundation to combat the global COVID-19 crisis and now serves as Chairman of the Board of the Foundation.
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In 2020, Li Lu wrote and published a book in China titled Civilization, Modernization, Value Investment and China.
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Li Lu currently serves as a trustee of Columbia University and California Institute of Technology.
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Li Lu was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2020.
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Li Lu is a past recipient of the John Jay Award from Columbia College, the Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Award from the Congressional Human Rights Foundation, and the Reebok Human Rights Award.
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Li Lu is featured in the Smithsonian Institute's Family of Voices, a part of the ongoing twenty-year Exhibition, starting in 2017, "Many Voices, One Nation" at the National Museum of American History.