Rank #1999
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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