Kao Ching-yuen
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Kao Ching-yuen (Template:Zh; 24 May 1929 – March 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman best known as the founder of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.
Biography
Kao was born to a poor family in Gakkō Village, Hokumon District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese-era Taiwan (modern-day Syuejia, Tainan) on 24 May 1929. In 1942, at the age of 13, Kao began working in a sandal factory. In 1946, he joined a firm owned by his cousin-in-law Wu Hsiu-chi, the Xinhexing Cloth Shop (Script error: No such module "Lang".), as an apprentice before starting his own company, Dexing Cloth Shop (Script error: No such module "Lang".), in 1949.[1]
He joined Tainan Spinning (Script error: No such module "Lang".), a textile processing company founded by Wu Hsiu-chi, in 1955 as a sales manager.[2][3]
Kao left Tainan Spinning in 1967 to establish the Uni-President Corporation, and served as company chairman until 2013.[3][4]
In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Management from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)[5] and an Order of Brilliant Star (2nd Class) award on 23 December 1999.[6] In 2003, he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.[7]
Kao's death was confirmed by Uni-President on 1 April 2016, and a funeral was held the same day.[8][9]
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