Shaw-Lan Wang
| Shaw-Lan Wang | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1941 Chongqing, China |
| Occupation | fashion house and newspaper owner |
Shaw-Lan Wang (Chinese: 王效蘭; pinyin: Wáng Xiàolán) (born 1941) is a Chinese businesswoman who serves as the publisher of the United Daily News and the publishing-ceased Min Sheng Bao in Taiwan.[1] She studied at Shih Hsin University, graduating in 1964.[2]
She was born in Chongqing but the roots of her family are from Zhejiang.[3] In 1947, her father, a colonel in the army of Chiang Kai-shek, traveled to Taiwan and founded the newspaper United Daily News.[3] Wang studied journalism in Taipei and then worked as a reporter at the United Daily News.[3] She married an air force pilot and lived in Switzerland with her husband.[3] She was asked by her father to return to Taiwan and run the newspaper.[3]
In August 2001, Wang bought Lanvin, the oldest fashion house still in operation, from L'Oréal.[3][4]
Shaw-Lan was the director of both Min Sheng Bao and the Europe Journal until 2006 and 2009.[2]
She earned two Legion of Honor awards as well as a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres award from France.[2]
Sources
- ↑ "Local publisher receives France’s top decoration". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 8 August 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen". Forbes. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Pilling, David (February 17, 2012). "Lunch with the FT: Shaw-Lan Wang". Financial Times. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
- ↑ "Lanvin Seeks investor | Frillr". Frillr. Retrieved 8 August 2010.