Lin rong san biography for kids

Taiwanese politician, publisher, real estate developer and businessman

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lin.

Lin Rong-san (Chinese: 林榮三; 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 Kuo Yu-hsin [zh] to the Legislative Yuan in 1975.

Lin Rong-San: Life Story, Career, Net Worth, Family & Facts

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 riche