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Walter Wang

Net worth $2.1B

Manufacturing · United States

Born
Jan 01, 1965
Age
61
Source
Manufacturing
Residence
Los Angeles, California
Citizenship
United States
Marital status
Married
Children
3
Education

Net worth over time

Biography

  • Walter Wang is chairman and CEO of JM Eagle Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers of plastic pipe.
  • Wang is a son of Y.C. Wang, the former chairman of Taiwan's Formosa Plastics, who died in 2008 at age 91.
  • Headquartered in Los Angeles, JM Eagle has 2,000 employees globally and generates $2.3 billion of estimated annual revenue.
  • Wang's philanthropic interests include healthcare, education and missionary work.
  • Wang is the founder and owner of a Taiwanese basketball team, the New Taipei Kings. His daughter named the team after the family name Wang, which means king in Mandarin.
  • Wang survived a battle with nasopharynx cancer in 2005, which he credits to his Christian faith.

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