Robert H. Lee

Robert H. Lee (25 June 1933 – 19 February 2020) was a Canadian businessman, investor, and philanthropist. He was the founder and chairman of Prospero, a real estate firm in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Biography Lee was born and raised in Vancouver and grew up in the Chinatown neighbourhood. His father immigrated from China and settled in Vancouver, where he opened a restaurant. Lee worked in his father's restaurant as a cook.

Lee studied at a Chinese school for 12 years. In his early teenage years, he became interested in the real estate business and often shared this interest with his father. He aspired to become an entrepreneur. Lee enrolled at the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia where he studied business and graduated in 1956.

After graduating from Sauder, Lee opened a real estate business and began to build an extensive network that included Tong Louie, the founder of the retail store chain London Drugs and philanthropist David Lam, later B.C.'s lieutenant governor, who immigrated to Canada from Hong Kong in 1967.

Personal life Lee's wife Lily was also graduate of the University of British Columbia. They had four children, all of whom (and their spouses) are graduates of that same university.