Tsai Eng-meng


Tsai Eng-meng is a Taiwanese businessman, chairman of the snack food company Want Want China. In 2017 he was the richest person in Taiwan.

Early life

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

Career

Tsai succeeded his father as chairman of Want Want in 1987.
According to Forbes, Tsai Eng-meng has a net worth of $5.9 billion, as of January 2017.
For a non-politician, he has been extremely active politically. He strongly supports the unification of Taiwan and China. In 2012 he said that "unification will happen sooner or later."

Personal life

He lives in Shanghai, China. His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers. His younger son Matthew Tsai is the chief operating officer of Want Want China. He is a follower of Buddhism.