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Walter Wang
United States 61 years old
Overview
- Source of Wealth
- Manufacturing
- Industry
- Manufacturing
- Residence
- Los Angeles, California
- Marital Status
- Married
- Children
- 3
Assets
- Formosa Plastics63,700,000 shares @ --1301-TW
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.
About
Wang survived a battle with nasopharynx cancer in 2005, which he credits to his Christian faith.