Tsai Eng-meng

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.[2] In 2017 he was the richest person in Taiwan.[3]

Tsai Eng-meng
Born1957 (age 63–64)
Datong, Taipei, Taiwan
NationalityTaiwanese
OccupationBusinessman
Net worthUS$5.6 billion (August 2020)[1]
TitleChairman, Want Want China
Spouse(s)Married
Children2 sons

Early life

Tsai was born in 1957,[4] in Datong District, Taipei, the son of Tsai A-Shi, who founded a canned fish business in 1962.[5]

Career

Tsai succeeded his father as chairman of Want Want in 1987.[4]

According to Forbes, Tsai Eng-meng has a net worth of $5.9 billion, as of January 2017.[1]

For a non-politician, he has been extremely active politically. He strongly supports the unification of Taiwan and China.[6] In 2012 he said that "unification will happen sooner or later."[7]

Personal life

He lives in Shanghai, China.[1] His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers.[5] His younger son Matthew Tsai (Tsai Wang-Chia, born 1984) is the chief operating officer of Want Want China.[4] He is a follower of Buddhism.[8]

References
  1. "Forbes profile: Tsai Eng-Meng". Forbes. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Want Want's Tsai ranks as richest man in Taiwan | Economics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". Focustaiwan.tw. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  4. "中国旺旺 - 中国旺旺". Want-want.com. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  5. "Billionaire's Media Push Tests The Toughness Of A Taiwan "Strawberry"". Forbes.com. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  6. Aspinwall, Nick. "Taiwan Shaken by Concerns Over Chinese Influence in Media, Press Freedom". thediplomat.com. The Diplomat. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  7. Higgins, Andrew. "Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China". www.washingtonpost.com. The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  8. Lee, Minerva (4 June 2017). "10 Buddhist Billionaires in Asia".
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