Hon Lik

Quick Facts

Full Name	Hon Lik
Occupation	Inventor
Date Of Birth	Sep 26, 1951(1951-09-26)
Age	73
Birthplace	Shenyang
Country	China
Birth City	Liaoning
Horoscope	Libra

Hon Lik Biography

Hon Lik is one of the most popular and richest Inventor who was born on September 26, 1951 in Shenyang, Liaoning, China.

Han Li or Hon Lik (Chinese: 韓力 ; pinyin: Hán Lì ; Cantonese Yale: Hon Lik ) (born 26 September 1951) is a Chinese pharmacist who invented the modern electronic cigarette.

Since 1990, Hon Lik has been the Vice-Superintendent of Liaoning Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, where he was responsible for the technology development. Beginning in October 2003 he also functioned as a Director of Western Technologies Corp.

Hon Lik Net Worth

Hon Lik is one of the richest Inventor from China. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hon Lik 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Hon Lik (or Han Li) is a Chinese native, born in Shenyang, China on 26 September 1951. At 18 years old he worked in a rural area far away from his friends and family, claiming this started his smoking addiction. Eventually he moved back to the city to attend school and study to be a pharmacist. Hon has said that he feels this career choice, pharmacy, was always forced upon him, but looking back he is grateful for how far it has taken him. Once he graduated with a pharmaceutical degree from Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1982, he joined the Liaoning Academy, where he continued his study of traditional Chinese Medicine. After he finished the Academy, Hon spent the next ten years in a plant agriculture state enterprise. During these ten years he “manufactured a ginseng plant known as aphrodisiac”. Also during this time he married his wife in the year 1984 and had his daughter in 1990. Hon’s father worked as a planner for the Chinese state and was responsible for the supply of electrical machinery. A few years after his father retired, China opened up to enterprise. Hon’s father later passed away in 2004 due to lung cancer. Hon, like his father, had a smoking problem, smoking one to two packs per day.

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Who is Hon Lik Dating?

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Dragonite ended up purchasing Hon’s company after the financial crisis of

2007. Dragonite’s goal was to sell this invention for 55 million euros to Imperial Tobacco, the “tobacco giant” in Britain. Although this is a lot of money, Hon said he will not receive any financial benefit, for the money will be invested back into the company. In 2014, the result of many lawsuits taking place in the United States and Europe had Hon still waiting to receive payments, supposedly a large amount.

Facts & Trivia

Huang Ranked on the list of most popular Inventor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in China. Hon Lik celebrates birthday on September 26 of every year.

Before e-cigarettes became a worldwide frenzy, Hon worked on other alternative ways for people to use Chinese remedies, like ginseng and deer antler. He had his patients taking pills before he had the idea to “registering his claim to e-cigarettes in the most lucrative market in the world – not China, where there is still little interest, but the US”.

When did Hon Lik invent vaping?

Born in September 1951 , Lik is the man responsible for inventing the modern e-cigarette when, in 2001, he started work on a device that would deliver a nicotine hit without the need to smoke cigarettes.

Why did Hon Lik invent vaping?

Invention of the e-cigarette Hon’s original goal was to help himself quit smoking cigarettes.

What did Hon Lik invent?

Electronic cigarette

Who was the first person to vape?

The first person we have on record who made a vaping device was Herbert Gilbert. In 1963, when tobacco smoking was extremely popular, Gilbert was looking for an alternative away from traditional smoking. Though a scrap dealer by trade, Gilbert created the first modern vape.

Is vaping worse than cigarettes?

1: Vaping is less harmful than smoking , but it’s still not safe. E-cigarettes heat nicotine (extracted from tobacco), flavorings and other chemicals to create an aerosol that you inhale. Regular tobacco cigarettes contain 7,000 chemicals, many of which are toxic.