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Name
  
Shaw-Lan Wang


Children
  
Chu Hsin-yi

Shaw-Lan Wang The Woman at the Center of the Lanvin Drama The Cut

Born
  
1941
Chongqing, China

Occupation
  
fashion house and newspaper owner

Shaw-Lan Wang (Chinese: 王效蘭; pinyin: Wáng Xiàolán) (born 1941) is a Taiwanese businesswoman who serves as the publisher of the United Daily News and the publishing-ceased Min Sheng Bao in Taiwan. She studied at Shih Hsin University, graduating in 1964.

Shaw-Lan Wang ShawLan Wang discusses running her newspaper and reviving

She was born in Chongqing but the roots of her family are from Zhejiang. She has four younger siblings. In 1947, her father Wang Tiwu, a colonel in the army of Chiang Kai-shek, traveled to Taiwan and founded the newspaper United Daily News, in 1951. Wang studied journalism in Taipei and then worked as a reporter at the United Daily News. She married an air force pilot and lived in Switzerland with her husband. She was asked by her father to return to Taiwan and run the newspaper.

Shaw-Lan Wang ShawLan Wang Pictures Front Row at Lanvin Zimbio

In August 2001, through her holding Harmonie SA, Wang bought Lanvin, the oldest fashion house still in operation, from L'Oréal. During the same year, Wang hired Albert Elbaz as Lanvin's designer.

Shaw-Lan Wang ShawLan Wang Photos Front Row at Lanvin Zimbio

Shaw-Lan was the director of both Min Sheng Bao and the Europe Journal until 2006 and 2009.

Shaw-Lan Wang ShawLan Wang Photos Zimbio

She earned two Legion of Honor awards as well as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from France.

Shaw-Lan Wang ShawLan Wang Pictures Front Row at Lanvin Zimbio

References

Shaw-Lan Wang Wikipedia