Li Auto CEO tops Hong Kong’s highest-paid directors list for 2024: Webb-site

CEO Li Xiang’s US$87.4 million remuneration package Hong Kong’s highest, according to finance activist league table

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Published: 12:46pm, 13 Oct 2025Updated: 10:05am, 14 Oct 2025

Chinese electric-vehicle maker Li Auto’s founder and CEO Li Xiang topped Hong Kong’s paid director ranking for 2024 with a total remuneration package of about HK$680 million (US$87.4 million).

According to the latest director pay league table published by Webb-site on Sunday, the financial data platform founded by corporate governance activist David Webb, Li’s HK$679.78 million package was made up of HK$676.78 million in stock options and a HK$2.83 million base salary.

The ranking table analysed remuneration data - including salary and benefits, bonus, retirement benefits and share-based payments - for 1,000 directors across almost all listed companies in Hong Kong.

According to the survey, 31 directors sitting on the boards of Hong Kong–listed companies received annual compensation packages exceeding HK$100 million.

Wang Xuning, chairman and CEO of Chinese small kitchen appliance maker JS Global Lifestyle - which operates the well-known mainland brand Joyoung - ranked second on the league table with total earnings of HK$520.51 million.

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