Tsai Wan-tsai

Tsai Wan-tsai
Member of the Legislative Yuan
In office 1 February 1973 – 31 January 1983
Constituency	Taipei (until 1981) Business (1981–83)
Personal details
Born	(1929-08-05)5 August 1929 Chikunan Town, Chikunan District, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese-era Taiwan (modern-day Zhunan, Miaoli)
Died	5 October 2014(2014-10-05) (aged 85) Taipei, Taiwan
Nationality	Taiwanese
Children	4
Occupation	Founder, Fubon Group

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tsai.

Tsai Wan-tsai (Chinese: 蔡萬才; pinyin: Cài Wàncái; 5 August 1929 – 5 October 2014) was a Taiwanese banker. Born in modern-day Miaoli, his birth name was 蔡萬財. He is one of the brothers of Tsai Wan-lin, and an uncle of Tsai Hong-tu. Tsai Wan-tsai was a member of the Legislative Yuan, the national parliament of Taiwan. He was also the founder of Fubon Group.^[1] In June 2008, Forbes ranked him as the fourth richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$5.1 billion.^[2]

He died at the age of 85 in 2014.^[3] After his death, Fubon established the Tsai Wan-tsai Taiwan Contribution Award in his honor.^[4] The company is now run by his sons Daniel Tsai and Richard Tsai.^[5]

References

1. "Fubon founder dies at 86". Taipei Times. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. "Taiwan's Richest: #4 Tsai Wan-tsai". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
3. Tien, Yu-bin; Cang, S.C. (5 October 2014). "Fubon Group Chairman Tsai Wan-tsai dies". Central News Agency. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
4. Tien, Yu-pin; Chen, Christie (23 December 2014). "Fubon unveils new award in late chairman's name". Central News Agency. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
5. "Fubon's Tsai brothers top latest Forbes list of Taiwan's richest people". The China Post. June 26, 2015.