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{{Short description|Taiwanese-American businessman and developer}}
{{Infobox person
| image = 
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| name =
| native_name = 張善良
| birth_date = July 29, 1960
| birth_place = [[Taipei, Taiwan]]
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = [[Real estate developer]]
| spouse =
| children = Danny Chang<br/> Kevin Chang<br/> Jeffrey Chang<br/> Jennifer Chang
}}
{{Chinese|c=張善良|p=Zhāng Shànliáng}}

'''Sam Chang''' (Chinese name: '''Shen Leong Chang'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Elkies {{!}}|first=Lauren|title=Sam Chang - The Real Deal|url=https://therealdeal.com/closings/sam-chang/|access-date=2020-07-15|website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US}}</ref>) is a [[Taiwanese-American]] businessman and [[Real estate development|developer]] in [[New York City]].

==Background==
A native of [[Taiwan]], Chang dropped out of high school to help his parents manage a [[Los Angeles]] hotel.<ref name="forbes_20060619" /> Prior to becoming a developer in New York City, Chang operated hotels and restaurants in the suburbs of [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. His first New York project was in 1997.<ref name="forbes_20060619">{{citation | last=Bahree | first=Megha | title=Upgrading | newspaper=[[Forbes]] | date=2006-06-19 | url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0619/078.html | access-date=2008-03-01 }}</ref>

==Business==
Chang is the chairman of [[McSam Hotel Group]], and is one of the largest hotel developers in New York City. His company has completed 25 hotels in the [[borough (New York City)|five boroughs of New York City]], with a stated goal of at least 50. He currently has 4,000 rooms under development for a variety of national hotel chains.<ref name="realdeal_20080229" /><ref name="realdeal_20061201">{{citation | last=Ferris | first=Marc | title=Checking in with Sam Chang | newspaper=[[The Real Deal (magazine)|The Real Deal]] | date=2006-12-01 | url=http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/checking-in-with-sam-chang | access-date=2008-03-01 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194454/http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/checking-in-with-sam-chang | archive-date=2008-12-01 }}</ref> He is the first [[Asian Americans in New York City|Asian American]] to build a [[high-rise]] hotel in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/nyregion/04chang.html|title=Little Rooms, Big Profits|date=2009-10-02|first=Charles V.|last=Bagli|newspaper=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>

Many of Chang's hotels are designed by New York architects Gene Kaufman<ref name="nyt_20080217">{{citation | last=Bernstein | first=Fred A. | title=In Hotel Design, He's Mr. Prolific | newspaper=[[New York Times]] | date=2008-02-17 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/realestate/commercial/17sqft.html | access-date=2008-03-01 }}</ref> and Michael Kang. Tritel Construction (of which he is a 50% partner) handles much of the construction.<ref name="forbes_20060619" />

Chang was honored as a 2007 "Developer of the Year" by [[Hilton Hotels]], for the multiple Hilton properties he is developing in Manhattan and [[Connecticut]].<ref name="hilton_20070312">{{citation | title=News Release: Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Top Developers and Hotels Among Focused-Service Brands | publisher=[[Hilton Hotels Corporation]] | date=2007-03-12 | url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88577&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=973945&highlight= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103134532/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88577&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=973945&highlight= | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-11-03 | access-date=2008-03-01 }}</ref><ref name="nyo_20071211">{{citation | last=Shott | first=Chris | title=Cha-Chang! Sam Chang Builds First, Brands Later | newspaper=[[New York Observer]] | date=2007-12-11 | url=http://www.observer.com/2007/cha-chang-sam-chang-builds-first-brands-later?page=0%2C0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162807/http://www.observer.com/2007/cha-chang-sam-chang-builds-first-brands-later?page=0,0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-05-17 | access-date=2008-03-01 }}</ref>

==Investments==
Chang has a 7.5 percent stake in [[Trump Entertainment Resorts]].<ref name="realdeal_20080229">{{citation | last=Jones | first=David | title=Chang bets big on Trump Entertainment | newspaper=[[The Real Deal (magazine)|The Real Deal]] | date=2008-02-29 | url=http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/chang-bets-big-on-trump-entertainment | access-date=2008-03-01 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308105756/http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/chang-bets-big-on-trump-entertainment | archive-date=2008-03-08 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chang has four children: Danny, Kevin, Jeffrey, and Jennifer.<ref>[http://therealdeal.com/closings/sam-chang/ The Real Deal: "Sam Chang" by Lauren Elkies] retrieved March 23, 2014</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chinese Americans in New York City]]

==References==
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[[Category:American construction businesspeople]]
[[Category:American hoteliers]]
[[Category:American people of Chinese descent]]
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[[Category:American restaurateurs]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Taipei]]
[[Category:People from Centre Island, New York]]
[[Category:Taiwanese businesspeople in real estate]]
[[Category:Taiwanese emigrants to the United States]]

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