Samuel Tak Lee: key obituary facts
Is Samuel Tak Lee dead? Yes. Samuel Tak Lee died on May 24, 2026, at age 87.
Cause of death: Samuel Tak Lee's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Samuel Tak Lee known for?
He was a Hong Kong property developer.
More about Samuel Tak Lee
Born: 1939.
Gender: male.
Occupation: businessperson.
Nationality: British Hong Kong.
Education: Harvard Business School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Also known as: Sam Lee, Lee Tak-Yee, Sammy Lee, Li Deyi.
Samuel Tak Lee, a Hong Kong property developer, died on May 24, 2026, at the age of 87.
He was identified in reports as a Hong Kong property billionaire and was born in April 1939. Lee was educated at Diocesan Boys’ School in Mong Kok and later earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil and environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1964, followed by an MBA from Harvard Business School.
He returned to Hong Kong to join Prudential Enterprise, the real estate company founded by his father and uncle, and took control of the business from his brother in 1985.