Lin Rong-San
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Lin Rong-san (Template:Zh; 27 May 1939 – 28 November 2015) was a Taiwanese politician, publisher, real estate developer and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of Liberty Times group that also includes its English-language version Taipei Times.[1]
Career
He was a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from 1977 to 2015. He won a controversial election against Tangwai candidate Template:Ill to the Legislative Yuan in 1975. He was later accused of involving electoral fraud, which was published in "The Tiger Falls in Pingyang: The Election! Lawsuit! Kuo Yu-hsin (虎落平陽－選戰！官司！郭雨新)". He was named Vice President of the Control Yuan in 1992, but stepped down to focus on the Liberty Times.[2]
In June 2008, Forbes magazine ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.7 billion.[3] Lin fell to eighth on the same list in 2010,[4] then slid to tenth in 2011.[5] In November 2015, his fortune was valued at US$3.9 billion.[6] Lin was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon by Lee Teng-hui in 2000, followed by the Order of Propitious Clouds with Grand Cordon from Chen Shui-bian in 2008.[7]
His older brother is the billionaire real estate developer Lin Yu-lin.
Personal life
Lin died at home in Taipei on 28 November 2015, from cardiopulmonary failure caused by a tumor.[8]
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- 1939 births
- 2015 deaths
- Taiwanese bankers
- Taiwanese publishers (people)
- Taiwanese billionaires
- Businesspeople from New Taipei
- Senior advisors to President Lee Teng-hui
- Senior advisors to President Chen Shui-bian
- Recipients of the Order of Brilliant Star
- Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
- New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Yilan County Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan
- Taiwanese members of the Control Yuan
- Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent
- Taiwanese newspaper founders