Wei Yin-Chun
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Wei Yin-Chun

Taiwan 69 years old Self-Made

Overview

Source of Wealth
Food, beverages
Residence
Taipei
Marital Status
Married
Children
4

Assets

  • Taiwan Mobile
    16,375,000 shares @ -
    -
    3045-TW
  • Tingyi
    470,740,000 shares @ -
    -
    322-HK
  • Wei-Chuan
    50,832,000 shares @ -
    -
    1201-TW

Biography

Wei Yin-Chun and his three brothers founded Tingyi, one of the largest producers of ready-to-drink tea and bottled water in China.

Tingyi is also a major supplier of instant noodles in the country.

The family also controls the Dicos fried-chicken chain.

The family's private company, Ting Hsin, sold its 37.17% stake in Taipei 101, Taiwan's tallest building, to Itochu for $665 million in 2018.

Yin-Chun was sentenced in 2018 to 15 years in prison for his part in a tainted-cooking-oil scandal.

About

Yin-Chun graduated from a local high school in Changhua County, central Taiwan, and never went to college.