Kenneth Yen

Kenneth Yen
嚴凱泰
Born23 May 1965
Taipei, Taiwan
Died3 December 2018(2018-12-03) (aged 53)
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Beitou, Taipei, Taiwan
EducationRider University (BA)
OccupationEntrepreneur
SpouseChen Li-lien 陳莉蓮
Parents
  • Yen Ching-ling 嚴慶齡 (father)
  • Vivian Wu 吳舜文 (mother)

Kenneth Yen (Chinese: 嚴凱泰; pinyin: Yán Kǎitài; 23 May 1965 – 3 December 2018) was a Taiwanese entrepreneur who was listed as one of the richest people in the world.

Biography

Yen was born in Taipei, Taiwan to 嚴慶齡 Yen Ching-ling [zh] and 吳舜文 Vivian Shun-wen Wu. He attended secondary school at Tsai-Hsing High School [zh] in Taipei's Muzha District and later went to boarding school at The Pennington School. He attended Rider University in the United States where he studied business administration. He also received an honorary business degree from St. John's University. In 1986, he returned to Taiwan to lead the China Motor Corporation and Yulon, his family's business. Yen was officially named chairman of Yulon in August 2007. According to Forbes magazine, he had an estimated net worth of US$1.05 billion.

Personal life

Yen had one daughter, Michelle, and a son, John, with wife Chen Lee-lien [zh]. He died of esophageal cancer at Taipei Veterans General Hospital on 3 December 2018.

References

  1. 1 2 "Kenney Yen". Forbes. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Vivian Yen, 'Iron Lady' of Taiwan Cars, Is Dead at 95". New York Times. Agence France Presse. August 11, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
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  4. ↑ Mease, Alyssa (7 June 2013). "The Pennington School names new building after alumnus". The Times of Trenton. NJ.com. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
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  6. 1 2 Chang, Ming-hsuan; Tien, Yu-bin; Liu, Li-jung; Yen, William (3 December 2018). "Yulon Group Chairman Yen Kaitai dies at 53: hospital (update)". Central News Agency. Archived from the original on 4 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. ↑ "Motor sector 'Iron Lady' Wu passes on at age 95". Taipei Times. Agence France Presse. August 11, 2008. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  8. ↑ Kao, Shih-ching (4 December 2018). "Yulon Group CEO Yen Kaitai dies in Taipei at 54". Taipei Times. Retrieved 4 December 2018.