BIO
The special oral history collection is created in response to COVID-19 that started in February 2020. Kenneth Li was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1957. At the age of 14, he moved to Hong Kong with his uncle and later moved with his uncle to Houston in 1981. Mr. Li started his current real estate company, the Texas George Realty in 1988. He focused on Houston’s growing Asian community and the potential for development in the city’s Southwest; as such, he became instrumental in developing Houston’s New Chinatown. Mr. Li was appointed by the Houston Mayors to serve as the first Asian on the city of Houston’s Planning Commission and became a founding member of the Asian Real Estate Association in America. He also became involved with the Asian Chamber of Commerce and served as the Chairman of the Chinese Community Center in Houston.