Rank #1247
Dorothy Chao Jenkins & family
Net worth $3.5B
Chemicals, building products · United States
- Born
- Sep 15, 1945
- Age
- 80
- Source
- Chemicals, building products
- Residence
- Lakeland, Florida
- Citizenship
- United States
- Marital status
- Children
- 0
- Education
Net worth over time
Biography
- Dorothy Chao Jenkins is estimated to own nearly 25% of Westlake Corporation, one of North America's largest producers of low-density polyethylene, used for food packaging and more.
- Her father T.T. Chao moved the family from Taiwan to the U.S. and founded Westlake in 1986. Her brothers James and Albert are credited with helping launch the company.
- James and Albert co-chair the company's board. They're each estimated to own nearly 25% of Westlake.
- Dorothy is married to Charles H. Jenkins, Jr., the former chairman of his family's supermarket chain, Publix. She retired as a director of Westlake in 2023.
- Four of her nieces and nephews sit on the company's board.
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