Shi Wen-long

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This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shi.

Wen-long Shi[1] (Chinese: 許文龍, Shi Wen-long) is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder of Chi Mei Corporation, the largest maker of ABS resin in the world. Shi has been ranked among Forbes' World's Richest People.[2] He was a chairman of Chi Mei until 2004, when he resigned as chairman, though he still holds significant stakes in the company and sits on its board. He is a senior advisor to President Chen Shui-bian and is known to support pro-Taiwan independence causes, a stance which has made him unpopular with Mainland China.[3]

He claimed that no Taiwanese women were forced into prostitution during Japanese rule,as an opponent of comfort women[4].

He is also an amateur performing concert violinist.[5] He founded the Chi Mei Museum, in which he collects several valuable string instruments made by Antonio Stradivari or Guarneri del Gesù.

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Wen-long Shi is alternatively spelled Wen-lung Hsu. See Chi Mei's profile
  2. ^ Forbes. Wen Long Shi & family. March 9, 2005.
  3. ^ China Radio International. China Won't Take Money from Taiwan Separatists. June 1, 2004.
  4. ^ Cartoon of Wartime 'Comfort Women' Irks Taiwan. The New York Times (March 2, 2001).
  5. ^ Forbes. Wen Long Shi & family. February 25, 2004.

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