Lee Man Tat became the chairman of Lee Kum Kee Sauce Group in 1972. Billionaire Lee Man Tat—the chairman of condiments maker Lee Kum Kee who is known as the “King of Oyster Sauce”—has died at the age ...

Lee Kum Sheung invented oyster sauce, a salty brown condiment that is now a staple in millions of homes, in 1888, when he was a 26-year-old street-food vendor in Hong Kong. He’d left a pot of oysters ...

Lee Kum Sheung invented oyster sauce by accident when he overcooked some bivalves 130 years ago, conjuring the sweet-and-salty condiment that would become a staple of Cantonese cuisine. His heirs aren ...

Lee Man Tat, chairman of the group behind Lee Kum Kee oyster sauce, leapt to third from 11th in Forbes’ rankings of Hong Kong’s 50 wealthiest people and families, with a fortune estimated at $17.1 ...