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Robert H. Lee was born on 25 June, 1933, is a businessman. Discover Robert H. Lee's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 87 years old?

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Lee's wife Lily was also graduate of the University of British Columbia. They had four children, all of whom (and their spouses) are graduates of that same university. Lee died on February 19, 2020 after a short illness.

He also was a black member of YMCA Vancouver and served as a director of Crown Life Insurance, Canadian National Railway and Wall Financial Corporation. In addition, Lee was a Governor and later (1993-96) Chancellor of the University of British Columbia, and was responsible for generating $1.7 billion for the school's endowment as a founding member of the UBC Properties Fund.

Lee was a recipient of many awards. He received the Order of British Columbia and was named Businessman of the Year in 1990, selected by a panel of Chinese-Canadian businessmen and the Vancouver Board of Trade. He was also a trustee of the Bank of British Columbia, a directorship of the Real Estate Institute of Canada, Vancouver Foundation, B.C. Paraplegic Foundation and of the Port Authority of Vancouver. He also received an Order of Canada and an Honorary Doctorate of Law UBC.

During this time, he expanded his business into apartment building. In 1979, he founded Prospero, which had a diverse real estate portfolio, from retail to office and industrial properties. Prospero now has properties in the Okanagan, on Vancouver Island, and in Greater Vancouver. The company also has a property management division and is now run by Lee's son, Derek.

After graduating from Sauder, Lee opened a real estate business and began to build an extensive network that included Tong Louie, the founder of the retail store chain London Drugs and philanthropist David Lam, later B.C.'s lieutenant governor, who immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in 1967.

Lee's breakthrough into real estate came in the 1960s, when there was widespread fear of a Communist China takeover of the British colony of Hong Kong. A mass exodus of Hong Kong Chinese immigrants made their way to Vancouver and many of these newcomers were advised to visit Lee because he could speak their language.

Lee studied at a Chinese school for 12 years. In his early teenage years, he became interested in the real estate business and often shared this interest with his father. He aspired to become an entrepreneur. Lee enrolled at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia where he studied business and graduated in 1956.

Robert H. Lee CM OBC (25 June 1933 – 19 February 2020) was a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Prospero, a real estate firm in Vancouver, British Columbia.