| Lin Rong-san | |
| Birth Date: | 1939 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Roshū Village, Shinshō District, Taihoku, Taiwan, Empire of Japan |
| Death Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Nationality: | Taiwanese |
| Occupation: | Founder, Union Bank of Taiwan; publisher of Liberty Times (and its English counterpart) |
| Children: | 4 |
Lin Rong-san (; 27 May 1939 – 28 November 2015) was a Taiwanese politician, publisher, real estate developer and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of Liberty Times group that also includes its English-language version Taipei Times.[1]
He was a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from 1977 to 2015. He won a controversial election against Tangwai candidate Guo Yuxin to the Legislative Yuan in 1975. He was later accused of involving electoral fraud, which was published in "The Tiger Falls in Pingyang: The Election! Lawsuit! Guo Yuxin(虎落平陽－選戰！官司！郭雨新)". He was named Vice President of the Control Yuan in 1992, but stepped down to focus on the Liberty Times.[2]
In June 2008, Forbes magazine ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.7 billion.[3] Lin fell to eighth on the same list in 2010,[4] then slid to tenth in 2011.[5] In November 2015, his fortune was valued at US$3.9 billion.[6] Lin was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon by Lee Teng-hui in 2000, followed by the Order of Propitious Clouds with Grand Cordon from Chen Shui-bian in 2008.[7]
His older brother is the billionaire real estate developer Lin Yu-lin.
Lin died at home in Taipei on 28 November 2015, from cardiopulmonary failure caused by a tumor.[8]