Nationality Taiwanese Name Tsai Eng-meng | Net worth 7.8 billion USD (2015) Parents Tsai A-Shi | |
Occupation Chairman, Want Want China Children Tsai Wang-Chia, Tsai Shao-chung | ||
Tsai Eng-meng (Chinese: 蔡衍明; pinyin: Cài Yǎnmíng; born 1957) is a Taiwanese businessman, chairman of the snack food company Want Want China. He is currently the richest person in Taiwan.
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Early life
Tsai was born in 1957, in Datong District, Taipei, the son of Tsai A-Shi, who founded a canned fish business in 1962.
Career
Tsai succeeded his father as chairman of Want Want in 1987.
According to Forbes, Tsai Eng-meng has a net worth of $5.9 billion, as of January 2017.
Personal life
He lives in Shanghai. His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers. His younger son Matthew Tsai (Tsai Wang-Chia, born 1984) is the chief operating officer of Want Want China.
References
Tsai Eng-meng Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA