Li Lu ’96 (’96 CC, ’96 LAW)

Li Lu is the Founder and Chairman of Himalaya Capital, a value investing firm where he has been managing its principal fund since 1997. Born in China, Li Lu attended Columbia University where he received his BA, JD, and MBA simultaneously. He is a trustee of the California Institute of Technology and served as a trustee of Columbia University from 2017 to 2024. 

Among his various philanthropic pursuits, Li Lu co-founded and is a board member of The Asian American Foundation (TAAF), serving the 23 million Asian American and Pacific Islander community in their pursuit of belonging and prosperity, free from discrimination, slander and violence. He served as the Inaugural Board Chair for TAAF from 2020 to 2024. 

Li Lu is the author of Civilization, Modernization, Value Investing and China and Moving the Mountain: My Life in China. Li Lu is the recipient of the Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Award from the Congressional Human Rights Foundation in 1989, the John Jay Award from Columbia College in 2012, and the Henry Crown Leadership Award from Aspen Institute in 2023. Li Lu is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.