This is a ranking list of Taiwanese wealthy people. The following is based on the annual estimated wealth and assets assessment compiled and published by American business magazine Forbes. The wealth of 51 people exceeds $ 1 billion. Forbes does not include in the list all entrepreneurs and investors who have citizenship of the country.[1]
The fifty-one billionaires are listed as follows, including their Taiwanese rank (R#) and world rank (W#), citizenship, age, net worth, and source of wealth:
T# | W# | Name | Citizenship | Age (y.o.) |
Net worth (billions of USD) |
Source of wealth | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 163 | Zhang Congyuan | Taiwan | 75–76 | 11.7 | Co-founder of Huali Industrial | [2] |
2 | 296 | Tsai Eng-meng | Taiwan | 66–67 | 7.8 +US$1.5B |
Chair of Want Want China | [3] |
3 | 296 | Lin Shu-hong | Taiwan | 94–95 | 7.2 +US$2.4B |
Chair of Chang Chun Group | [4] |
4 | 330 | Terry Gou | Taiwan | 72–73 | 6.9 -US$0.1B |
Founder of Hon Hai Precision | [5] |
5 | 431 | Barry Lam | Taiwan | 73–74 | 5.9 +US$0.6B |
Chair of Quanta Computer | [6] |
6 | 490 | Samuel Yin | Taiwan | 72–73 | 5.4 +US$1.3B |
Leader of Taiwan's Ruentex Group | [7] |
7 | 536 | Tsai Hong-tu | Taiwan | 70–71 | 5.1 +US$1.9B |
Chair of Cathay Financial Holdings | [8] |
8 | 536 | Richard Tsai | Taiwan | 65–66 | 5.1 +US$1.5B |
Leader of Fubon Financial Holding Co. | [9] |
9 | 552 | Tsai Cheng-ta | Taiwan | 73–74 | 5 +US$1.8B |
Member of the board Cathay Financial Holdings | [10] |
10 | 579 | Daniel Tsai | Taiwan | 66–67 | 4.9 +US$1.5B |
Leader of Fubon Financial Holding Co. | [11] |
11 | 601 | Pierre Chen | Taiwan | 66–67 | 4.7 -US$0.4B |
Chair of Yageo | [12] |
12 | 601 | Andre Koo, Sr. | Taiwan | 55–56 | 4.7 +US$1.4B |
Chairman of Chailease Holding | [13] |
13 | 913 | Lin Ming-hsiung | Taiwan | 73–74 | 3.3 +US$0.8B |
Chair of PX Mart | [14] |
14 | 951 | Rudy Ma | Taiwan | 82–83 | 3.2 +US$0.4B |
Founder of Yuanta Financial Holding | [15] |
15 | 1012 | Chang Kuo-Hua | Taiwan | 68–69 | 3 | Son of founder of Evergreen Group Chang Yung-fa | [16] |
16 | 1012 | Tsai Ming-kai | Taiwan | 72–73 | 3 +US$0.3B |
Chairman and CEO of MediaTek | [17] |
17 | 1096 | Lin Chen-hai | Taiwan | 76–77 | 2.8 +US$0.7B |
Owner of Pau Jar Group | [18] |
18 | 1096 | Xie Weitong | Taiwan | 66–67 | 2.8 +US$1.1B |
The largest shareholder of Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt | [19] |
19 | 1163 | Morris Chang | Taiwan | 91–92 | 2.7 -US$0.1B |
Co-founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing | [20] |
20 | 1163 | Tseng Cheng | Taiwan | 61–62 | 2.7 +US$1.1B |
Holder of stakes of Chang Chun Group | [21] |
21 | 1238 | Chen Tei-fu | Taiwan | 74–75 | 2.5 +US$0.6B |
Leader of Sunrider | [22] |
22 | 1238 | Liu Ko-chen | Taiwan | 69–70 | 2.5 -US$0.1B |
Chair of Advantech | [23] |
23 | 1292 | Chao Teng-hsiung | Taiwan | 78–79 | 2.4 +US$0.4B |
Founder of Farglory Land | [24] |
24 | 1292 | T.Y. Tsai | Taiwan | 70–71 | 2.4 | Son of Tsai Wan-lin | [25] |
25 | 1341 | Douglas Hsu | Taiwan | 80–81 | 2.3 -US$0.1B |
Chair of Far Eastern Group | [26] |
26 | 1397 | Lin Chang Su-O | Taiwan | 82–83 | 2.2 | Widow of real estate mogul Lin Rong-San | [27] |
27 | 1445 | Bruce Cheng | Taiwan | 87–88 | 2.1 -US$0.1B |
Co-founder of Taiwan Delta | [28] |
28 | 1445 | Wang Ren-sheng | Taiwan | 91–92 | 2.1 +US$0.9B |
Leader of Dennis Group | [29] |
29 | 1445 | Thomas Wu | Taiwan | 73–74 | 2.1 +US$0.6B |
Chairman of Taishin Financial Holdings | [30] |
30 | 1513 | Shi Wen-long | Taiwan | 95–96 | 2 +US$0.2B |
Founder of Chi Mei Corporation | [31] |
31 | 1579 | Wang Chou-hsiong | Taiwan | 82–83 | 1.9 -US$0.2B |
Founder of Feng Tay Enterprises | [32] |
32 | 1579 | Wei Yin-Heng | Taiwan | 64–65 | 1.9 | Founder of Tingyi | [33] |
33 | 1513 | Chang Kuo-Ming | Taiwan | N/A | 1.8 | Son of shipping tycoon Chang Yung-fa | [34] |
34 | 1729 | Chen Yung-tai | Taiwan | 87–88 | 1.7 +US$0.1B |
Founder of Aurora Corp | [35] |
35 | 1818 | Archie Hwang | Taiwan | 70–71 | 1.6 +US$0.2B |
Founder of Hermes-Microvision | [36] |
36 | 1818 | Tseng Sing-ai | Taiwan | N/A | 1.6 +US$0.5B |
Owner of stakes in Chang Chun Group | [37] |
37 | 1818 | Wei Ing-Chou | Taiwan | 69–70 | 1.6 -US$0.4B |
Co-founder of Tingyi | [38] |
38 | 1818 | Yin-Chun Wei | Taiwan | 66–67 | 1.6 -US$0.3B |
Co-founder of Tingyi | [39] |
39 | 1818 | Wei Ying-Chiao | Taiwan | 68–69 | 1.6 -US$0.7B |
Co-founder of Tingyi | [40] |
40 | 2076 | Richard Chang | Taiwan | 76–77 | 1.4 -US$0.3B |
Vice chairman of ASE Group | [41] |
41 | 2076 | Chin Jong Hwa | Taiwan | 64–65 | 1.4 -US$0.8B |
Сontrolling shareholder of Minth | [42] |
42 | 2076 | Cho Jyh-jer | Taiwan | N/A | 1.4 +US$0.1B |
Vice chairman at MediaTek | [43] |
43 | 2076 | Scott Lin | Taiwan | 90–91 | 1.4 -US$0.8B |
Co-founder of Largan Precision | [44] |
44 | 2076 | Eugene Wu | Taiwan | 77–78 | 1.4 +US$0.3B |
Founder of Shin Kong Financial | [45] |
45 | 2324 | Chang Kuo-Cheng | Taiwan | N/A | 1.2 | Son of shipping tycoon Chang Yung-fa | [46] |
46 | 2324 | Shirley Kao | Taiwan | 66–67 | 1.2 | Shareholder of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation | [47] |
47 | 2324 | Wu Chung-yi | Taiwan | 67–68 | 1.2 +US$0.1B |
Chairman of Fine Blanking | [48] |
48 | 2324 | Wu Li-gann | Taiwan | 82–83 | 1.2 | Founder of WUS Printed Circuit | [49] |
49 | 2324 | Yeh Kuo-I | Taiwan | 81–82 | 1.2 -US$0.1B |
Founder and group president of Inventec | [50] |
50 | 2448 | Li Shui-po | Taiwan | 67–68 | 1.1 | Chair of Kinglai Hygienic Materials | [51] |
51 | 2578 | Tony Chen | Taiwan | 73–74 | 1 -US$0.7B |
Co-founder of Largan Precision | [52] |