Howard Li

Howard Li

李学海

International business leader / Greater China Regional Chair

Chairman & CEO, Waitex International Co., Ltd.

Howard H. Li is founder, solo owner, Chairman, and CEO of Waitex Group of Companies since 1981. Waitex provides logistics, warehouse distribution, e-commerce and supply chain services through three million square feet of U.S. facilities processing $5 billion in consumer products annually for its clients. Mr. Li is the founding partner of U.S. apparel wholesaler Eternal Fortune Fashion LLC and six Florentia Village Luxury Out-lets in China.

In 2006, President George W. Bush appointed Mr. Li to the White House President’s Advisory Commission on Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Forbes Asia selected Mr. Li in 2008 as one of the 25 notable Chinese Americans in U.S. Business. In 2010, President Barack Obama awarded Mr. Li the President’s Service Award. Mr. Li previously served as an Advisory Council member of the New York State Retirement System and was a director of the United Way of New York City. Currently, he is Vice Chair of China General Chamber of Commerce in USA. Mr. Li emigrated to the U.S. in 1976 from Hong Kong.

李學海先生是威特國際有限公司創辦人,董事長兼首席執行長。該公司创立於1981年﹐ 現已成為全美最大的電子商務﹐倉儲配送﹐全球物流服務公司之一﹐在美國擁有三百萬平方英尺的現代化物流中心﹐每年為其客戶配送及處理超過50億美元的商品。

李學海先生是美國服飾批發商怡雅薈服裝有限公司和在中國6個佛羅倫薩小鎮奧特萊斯購物中心的創始合伙人。2006年﹐美國總統喬治 W 布什任命李先生為白宮總統亞太事務顧問。2008年李學海先生被福布斯亞洲評為美國商界25名卓越美籍華人之一。2010年﹐奧巴馬總統授予李學海先生總統社會服務獎。此前﹐李先生曾擔任紐約州政府公務員退休基金會顧問和紐約聯合慈善基金會董事。目前﹐李學海先生是美國中國總商會副會長。

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