By Andrew Harrison

Politicians, tabloid press editors and marketers alike are often interested in the benefits or disadvantages of overseas ownership in British brands. Just think about the furore when Kraft, the US food giant, acquired Quaker-founded chocolate maker Cadbury (in what became the Mondelez business) or when Tata, the Indian industrial conglomerate, bought the auto business Jaguar Land Rover.

While these high-profile moves caught the national imagination, a much quieter revolution has been taking place more recently behind the scenes. Until now, very few people in Britain will have heard of Li Ka-shing – Asia’s richest man and Hong Kong’s leading tycoon – Read full story ›

Source: The Drum