Taiwanese businesswoman
Wang Shaw-lan (Chinese: 王效蘭; pinyin: Wáng Xiàolán; born 1941) is a Taiwanese businesswoman who serves as the publisher of the United Daily News and the publishing-ceased Min Sheng Bao in Taiwan.[1] She studied at Shih Hsin University, graduating in 1964.[2]
Life and career
She was born in Chongqing but the roots of her family are from Zhejiang. She has four younger siblings.[3] In 1947, her father Wang Tiwu, a colonel in the army of Chiang Kai-shek, traveled to Taiwan and founded the newspaper United Daily News, in 1951.[3] Wang studied journalism in Taipei and then worked as a reporter at the United Daily News.[3] She married an air force pilot and lived in Switzerland with her husband.[3] She was asked by her father to return to Taiwan and run the newspaper.[3]
In August 2001, through her holding Harmonie SA, Wang bought Lanvin, the oldest fashion house still in operation, from L'Oréal.[3][4] During the same year, Wang hired Alber Elbaz as Lanvin's designer.[5]
Shaw-Lan was the director of both Min Sheng Bao and the Europe Journal until 2006 and 2009.[2]
She earned two Legion of Honor awards as well as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from France.[2]
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