Howard Li, Waitex Group
Waitex Group was founded in New York, USA in 1981 by Chairman Howard Li. The group has prospered over a span of 43 years into a successful global enterprise. The group’s scope of businesses include global logistics and supply chain services, high-end real estate property investment and development, import and export trading, retail chains, shopping mall development and management, fashion design, production, wholesale, and operating retail stores. The group has several hundred employees and several modern logistic centers with building space several million sq feet in the United States, which is processing more than USD $5 billion of goods annually for more than 500 well-known brands and clients. In China, Waitex family affiliate company is the founding partner of Florentia Village Luxury Designer Outlets, also, the sole investor and developer of V1 Auto World and Creativo Designer Lifestyle Experience Mall. Waitex has been ranked one of the Top 200 Largest Privately Held Companies in the Greater New York Area by Crain’s Business Magazine.Howard Li was selected by Forbes Asia as one of the 25 notable Chinese Americans in US Business and former Commissoner of State of New York Retirement System.