Portrait of Lin Chang Su-O

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Lin Chang Su-O

Net worth $1.5B

Real estate · Taiwan

Born
Aug 01, 1940
Age
85
Source
Real estate
Residence
Taipei
Citizenship
Taiwan
Marital status
Widowed
Children
4
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • 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 works with another family-owned developer, RSL, which builds upscale residential projects and operates hotels.
  • Lin Chang Su-O also chairs her late husband's Lin Rong San Foundation of Culture and Social Welfare.
  • 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.

Financial assets

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