Tsai Eng-Meng

About Tsai Eng-Meng

Birth Year: 1957
Birth Place: Shanghai, China, Taiwan
Occupation: Chairman, Want Want China
Spouse(s): married
Children: Kevin Tsai Matthew Tsai
Parent(s): Tsai A-Shi

Tsai Eng-Meng

Tsai Eng-Meng was born on 1957 in Shanghai, China, Taiwan. Tsai chairs Want Want China, one of the world's largest suppliers of Chinese-style snacks and drinks. He also invests in hotels, financial services and media including China Times newspaper and China Television Co. At age 19, Tsai Eng-Meng took over his father's food business and promptly came up with an idea for a new product: crackers made from rice flour. Sons Kevin and Wang-Chia along with nephew Cheng Wen-Hsien are members of Want Want's board of directors.
Tsai Eng-Meng is a member of Food and Beverage

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Biography/Timeline

1957

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

1984

He lives in Shanghai. His older son, Kevin Tsai runs the family's media empire of TV stations and newspapers. His younger son Matthew Tsai (Tsai Wang-Chia, born 1984) is the chief operating officer of Want Want China.

1987

Tsai succeeded his Father as chairman of Want Want in 1987.

2017

According to Forbes, Tsai Eng-meng has a net worth of $5.9 billion, as of January 2017.

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