Tsai Eng-meng explained
Tsai Eng-meng (; born 1957) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman. He is best known for his leadership of the Want Want food company and his family's later acquisition of various news media companies in Taiwan. He is also chairman of the snack food company Want Want China.[1] He was the richest person in Taiwan in 2017.[2]
Early life
Tsai was born in 1957,[3] in Datong District, Taipei, the son of Tsai A-Shi, who founded a canned fish business in 1962.[4]
Career
Tsai succeeded his father as chairman of Want Want in 1987.[3]
According to Forbes, Tsai has a net worth of $5.9 billion, as of January 2017.[5]
Although not a politician, he remains politically active. Some people describe him as a strong supporter of Chinese unification.[6] In 2012, he said that "unification will happen sooner or later."[7]
In 2024, Tsai brought a civil lawsuit against Wikimedia Taiwan chapter after he was reverted by editors on Chinese Wikipedia from editing content that reflected his pro-China stance on the biographical article of himself. Tsai believed that the content injured his reputation and personality rights, and filed the lawsuit to compel Wikimedia Taiwan to allow him to edit the article. Wikimedia Taiwan rebutted that they don't operate and administrate Chinese Wikipedia; Tsai was reverted by the Chinese Wikipedia administrators who considered his edits disruptive; he was free to edit in the first place and was not prevented by Wikimedia Taiwan from editing. The lawsuit was dismissed after the court found that Wikimedia Taiwan had no control over Chinese Wikipedia and also did not prevent Tsai from editing.[8] [9]
Personal life
He lives in Taiwan but often travels to Shanghai, China.[5] His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers.[4] His younger son (Tsai Wang-Chia, born 1984) is the chief operating officer of Want Want China.[3] He is a follower of Buddhism.[10]
Notes and References
- Web site: Kuomintang News Network . 2015-01-17 . dead. https://archive.today/20150118223134/http://www.kmt.org.tw/english/page.aspx?type=article&mnum=112&anum=15688 . 18 January 2015 . dmy-all .
- Web site: 2 March 2016 . Want Want's Tsai ranks as richest man in Taiwan . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303104619/http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201603020006.aspx . 3 March 2016 . 2017-01-23 . Focus Taiwan.
- Web site: 中国旺旺 - 中国旺旺 . Want-want.com . 2015-03-01 . 2017-01-23 . 2 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170202003306/http://www.want-want.com/en/about/companyds_72620543991349248.aspx . live .
- Web site: Billionaire's Media Push Tests The Toughness Of A Taiwan "Strawberry" . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20170220020434/http://www.forbes.com/sites/russellflannery/2014/08/06/billionaires-media-push-tests-the-toughness-of-a-taiwan-strawberry/#7af5058e7785 . 20 February 2017 . 2017-01-23 . Forbes.
- Web site: Forbes profile: Tsai Eng-Meng . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20191003214154/https://www.forbes.com/profile/tsai-eng-meng/ . 3 October 2019 . 29 August 2020 . Forbes.
- Web site: Aspinwall . Nick . Taiwan Shaken by Concerns Over Chinese Influence in Media, Press Freedom . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200107034440/https://thediplomat.com/2019/07/taiwan-shaken-by-concerns-over-chinese-influence-in-media-press-freedom/ . 7 January 2020 . 26 July 2019 . .
- News: Higgins . Andrew . Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220426052037/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/tycoon-prods-taiwan-closer-to-china/2012/01/20/gIQAhswmFQ_story.html . 26 April 2022 . 26 July 2019 . The Washington Post.
- News: 3 September 2024 . 蔡衍明不爽被指「親中」 狀告維基百科協會吞敗 . live . . zh-tw . 4 September 2024 . 3 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903150109/https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/society/breakingnews/4788464 .
- Web site: 聯合新聞網 . 維基百科寫他「向中國共產黨示好」 蔡衍明提告協會結果曝光 . 2024-09-04 . . zh-Hant-TW . 3 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240903052656/https://udn.com/news/story/7321/8203149 . live .
- Web site: 10 Buddhist Billionaires in Asia. Minerva. Lee. 4 June 2017. 4 September 2024. 29 March 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180329123851/http://www.lotus-happiness.com/10-buddhist-billionaires-asia/. live.
