Tsai Eng-meng explained

Tsai Eng-meng
Birth Place:Datong, Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality:Taiwanese
Occupation:Businessman
Chairman, Want Want China
Spouse:Married
Children:2 sons

Tsai Eng-meng (; born 1957) is a businessman who lives in Taiwan. He is well-known for his leadership of the Want Want food company and his family's later acquisition of various news media companies in Taiwan. He 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 Eng-meng 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]

Personal life

He lives in Taiwan but often travels back and forth to Shanghai, China.[5] His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers.[4] His younger son Matthew Tsai (Tsai Wang-Chia, born 1984) is the chief operating officer of Want Want China.[3] He is a follower of Buddhism.[8]

Notes and References

  1. 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 .
  2. Web site: Want Want's Tsai ranks as richest man in Taiwan | Economics | FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS . Focustaiwan.tw . 2017-01-23.
  3. Web site: 中国旺旺 - 中国旺旺 . Want-want.com . 2015-03-01 . 2017-01-23.
  4. Web site: Billionaire's Media Push Tests The Toughness Of A Taiwan "Strawberry" . Forbes.com . 2017-01-23.
  5. Web site: Forbes profile: Tsai Eng-Meng . Forbes . 29 August 2020.
  6. Web site: Aspinwall . Nick . Taiwan Shaken by Concerns Over Chinese Influence in Media, Press Freedom . thediplomat.com . The Diplomat . 26 July 2019.
  7. Web site: Higgins . Andrew . Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China . The Washington Post . 26 July 2019.
  8. Web site: 10 Buddhist Billionaires in Asia. Minerva. Lee. 4 June 2017.