Samuel Chen

$1.76B
$9M (-0.5%)
as of 12/10/24

About Samuel Chen

Samuel Chen was an early investor in Zoom and served as its director until 2018. He made the investment after playing football with founder Eric Yuan in San Francisco.

He also invested in a range of biotech and electronics companies in Taiwan through his Digital Mobile Venture and sits on the board of many.

His majority-owned cancer drug research firm Polaris Group went public in Taiwan in June 2022.

Chen earned his initial wealth by trading ink.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Taiwan, Province of China

Source of wealth

Investments

Marital status

Married

Birth date

01/01/50 (age 74)

Number of children

2

Self-made

self-made

Samuel Chen’s fortune is worth

29K

troy ounces of gold

27K

median U.S. household

18K

median U.S. income

0.035%

U.S. credit card volume

0.007%

GDP of the United States

0.005%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

TAIPEI | 3499-TW

Globalsat Worldcom

TAIWAN | 6550-TW

Polaris Group

TAIWAN | 5471-TW

Sonix Technology

NASDAQ | ZM-US

Zoom Video Communications

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