Shirley Kao

$1.44B

as of 10/04/24

About Shirley Kao

Shirley Kao owns stakes in Uni-President Enterprises, the food and beverage conglomerate cofounded by her father, Kao Chin-Yen, in 1967.

She was the sole inheritor of her father's fortune after he died in 2016.

She's been a board member at Uni-President since 2013 and has chaired the group's health and beauty-related subsidiaries.

Her husband, Alex Lo, was promoted to CEO of the group in 2007 and doubled as its chairman after his father-in-law retired in 2013.

Before Lo turned 60 and stepped down from the CEO post in mid-2016, he had more than doubled the company's market cap to over $10 billion. He continues to lead the group as chairman.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Taiwan, Province of China

Source of wealth

Food & beverage retailing

Residence

Tainan, Taiwan, Province of China

Marital status

Married

Birth date

09/02/56 (age 68)

Number of children

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Marymount California University

Self-made

inherited and growing

Shirley Kao’s fortune is worth

24K

troy ounces of gold

22K

median U.S. household

14K

median U.S. income

0.029%

U.S. credit card volume

0.006%

GDP of the United States

0.004%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Kao and her husband, Alex Lo, were high school sweethearts, but had a second chance at love only after her first marriage failed.

Net worth over time

Real-time ranking

Financial assets

TAIWAN | 2912-TW

President Chain

TAIWAN | 2855-TW

President Securities Corp.

TAIWAN | 2511-TW

Prince Housing Development

TAIWAN | 1789-TW

ScinoPharm Taiwan Ltd

TAIWAN | 9907-TW

Ton Yi

TAIWAN | 1216-TW

Uni-President

TAIWAN | 1216-TW

Uni-President