Portrait of Samuel Yin

Rank #741

Samuel Yin

Net worth $5.6B

Retail · Taiwan

Born
Aug 16, 1950
Age
75
Source
Retail
Residence
Taipei
Citizenship
Taiwan
Marital status
Married
Children
2
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Chinese Culture University; Ph.D, National Chengchi University; Master of Business Administration, National Taiwan University

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Samuel Yin leads Taiwan's Ruentex Group, which has interests in financial services, real estate and healthcare.
  • He also has stakes in Nan Shan Life Insurance, where his son Chung-Yao is chairman.
  • His grandfather founded the business and his wife Wong Yee-Fan served as chairman of Ruentex Industries until 2022.
  • In 2013 Yin donated $100 million to create the Tang Prize, an award modeled on the Nobel Prize.
  • The first from Taiwan to sign the Giving Pledge, Yin has said he will donate 95% of his wealth to charity during his lifetime.

Financial assets

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