Aug 10, 2026 – 5.00amWould Felix Lee, the 25-year-old heir to a fortune amassed by a billionaire Chinese family whose past is shrouded in mystery and entangled in a massive tax probe, host Anthony Albanese for dinner, again?It is a loaded question. Lee held a nine-person fundraiser for the prime minister at his harbour-front Sydney mansion last month, an event so strange that it led to obvious questions about why Albanese was hanging out in the home of a family best known for a long-running tax dispute and being embroiled in a money-laundering probe targeting Star Entertainment after Lee’s father gambled more than $2 billion in its Sydney casino.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Kylar LoussikianDeputy editor – businessKylar Loussikian is the Financial Review’s deputy editor – business.Fetching latest articles
Felix Lee can’t sidestep long shadow of his billionaire family
Suddenly in charge of a massive fortune, the 25-year-old is attempting to build his own business empire amid a sea of questions about the source of his wealth.









