Lin Chang Su-O

$1.29B
$73K
as of 06/28/24

About Lin Chang Su-O

Lin is the widow of real estate mogul Lin Rong San. She resigned as chairman of the family's property developer Union Enterprise Construction in 2021.

Lin Rong San died in 2015 and left a $4.2 billion fortune built on real estate developments and investments in northern Taiwan.

Eldest son Jeff Lin runs the publicly traded Union Bank of Taiwan, which was started by his father.

Second son Andy Lin runs the group's media outlets, including Chinese-language newspaper Liberty Times and its sister English-language Taipei Times.

Youngest son Kevin runs another family-owned developer, RSL, which builds upscale residential projects and runs two hotels in northern Taiwan.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Taiwan, Province of China

Source of wealth

Real estate

Residence

Taipei, Taiwan, Province of China

Marital status

Widowed

Birth date

08/01/40 (age 83)

Number of children

4

Self-made

inherited and growing

Lin Chang Su-O’s fortune is worth

21K

troy ounces of gold

20K

median U.S. household

13K

median U.S. income

0.026%

U.S. credit card volume

0.005%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

In 2018 the Lins ended Marriott's franchise agreement for its Taipei hotel to protest the chain's caving in to Chinese pressure by listing Taiwan as part of China.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

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Union Bank

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