Tsai Eng-meng
$6.02B
$61.6M (-1%)
as of 07/02/24
About Tsai Eng-meng
Tsai Eng-meng 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 joined his father's food business and later came up with an idea for a new product: crackers made from rice flour. He took over the company as president in 1987.
Sons Kevin and Wang-Chia, along with nephew Cheng Wen-Hsien, are members of Want Want's board of directors.
Personal stats
Citizenship
Taiwan, Province of ChinaSource of wealth
Food, beveragesResidence
Shanghai, People's Republic of ChinaMarital status
MarriedBirth date
01/15/57 (age 67)Self-made
inherited and growingTsai Eng-meng’s fortune is worth
100K
troy ounces of gold
93K
median U.S. household
60K
median U.S. income
0.12%
U.S. credit card volume
0.024%
GDP of the United States
0.018%
United States debt
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Annual ranking
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Tsai apparently wouldn't let his sons go to college, believing he was the best teacher.
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Financial assets
TAIWAN | 9928-TW
China Television CoTAIWAN | 2816-TW
Union Insurance Co LtdHONG KONG | 151-HK
Want Want China HoldingsTAIWAN | 2889-TW
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