CK Hutchison Holdings

Overview

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited

type	Private
traded as	sehk: 1 Hang Seng Index component
predecessors	Cheung Kong Holdings Hutchison Whampoa
location	Cheung Kong Center, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
key people	Victor Li Tzar-kuoi (chairman and Group co-managing director) Canning Fok (Group co-managing director) Li Ka-shing (Senior advisor)
industry	Conglomerate
products	Core businesses – Ports and related services, Retail, Infrastructure and Telecommunications
revenue	HK$280.8 billion (2021)‡R1R‡
operating income	HK$53.3 billion (2021)‡R1R‡
net income	HK$40.5 billion (2021)‡R1R‡
assets	HK$1.21 trillion (2021)‡R1R‡
equity	HK$644.3 billion (2021)‡R1R‡
num employees	300,000+ (2021) (incl. subsidiaries)‡R1R‡
subsid	3 Hutchison Asia Telecom Group Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Hutchison Port Holdings CK Infrastructure Holdings AS Watson VodafoneThree (49%)

CK Hutchison Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong–based and Cayman Islands–registered multinational conglomerate corporation. The company was formed in March 2015 through the merger of Cheung Kong Holdings and its main associate company Hutchison Whampoa.[2] It has four core businesses – ports and related services, retail, infrastructure and telecommunications – which operate in over 50 countries, as well as several other investments around the world.[3]

Holdings

The company owns substantial holdings in businesses across a number of industries.[4]

Telecoms

Ports

As the world's leading port investor, developer and operator, the Group's ports division holds interests in 52 ports comprising 291 operational berths in 27 countries, including container terminals operating in six of the 10 busiest container ports in the world. In 2021, the division handled a total throughput of 88.0 million twenty-foot equivalent units ("TEU"). It also engages in river trade, cruise terminal operations and ports related logistic services.[1] In March 2025, it is reported that CK Hutchinson Holding would sell Hutchinson Port Holdings and Hutchinson Port Group Holdings.[10] There are reports stating that the key buyer is the Aponte Italian shipping family, and "the crucial figure" is Diego Aponte, group president of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), and chairman of the Terminal Investment Limited (TiL). Gianluigi Aponte, MSC's founder, was reportedly personally playing a role in brokering the potential deal.[11] TiL and BlackRock are consortium partners in the port deal.[12][13] This comes in the context of U.S. President Donald Trump denouncing Chinese influence over the Panama Canal and calling for the United States to reclaim control of the canal in some form or another.[14][15] In July 2025, Panama's government filed two lawsuits against CK Hutchinson's local subsidiary in the country's supreme court.[16]

On January 29, 2026, Panama's supreme court nullifies the concession held by CK Hutchison to operate the Balboa and Cristóbal ports at the Panama Canal as unconstitutional and orders the facilities to be retendered, following a lawsuit by the comptroller after an audit alleged irregularities.[17] These terminals at Balboa and Cristóbal have had their interim operations transferred to MSC and APM Terminals, a subsidiary of A.P. Møller – Mærsk, as of March 11, 2026.[18] The Panamanian government subsequently accused CK Hutchinson of concealing information and obstructing a coordinated transition.[19]

Hutchison Port Holdings

Westports Holdings[8] (18.84% effective interest)

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust[9] (30.07%)

CK Hutchison Holdings

Holdings

Telecoms

Infrastructure

Ports

Retail

Other

Senior Directorship

Chairmen

Deputy chairmen

Managing directors

Senior advisors

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