Pierre Chen
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Chen Tai-Min | |
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| 陳泰銘 | |
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| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS) |
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| Known for | Founder and chairman of Yageo |
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Chen Tai-Min (Chinese: 陳泰銘; born 1958), also known by his English name Pierre Chen, is a Taiwanese art collector and businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Yageo, which deals with electronic domains and makes electronic components for mobiles, automobiles, laptops and desktops, and key electronic devices. As of May 2024, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$6.1 billion.[1]
Early life and education
Chen was born in Madou District, Tainan, and grew up in Kaoshiung in a middle-class Taiwanese family. After high school, he earned a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in engineering science from National Cheng Kung University in 1980.[2]
Career
He founded Yageo in 1977.[1][3]
Chen is the owner of 47 sales offices, 40 manufacturing sites, 20 R&D centers worldwide and was in charge of in Yageo's day-to-day management.[citation needed]
He was listed at 550th in the 2021 Forbes list of world billionaires, and 9th in Taiwan.[4]
Art & Wine collection
Chen is well known as an art and wine collector, having collected since 1976.[5]
One of the paintings in his collection is Tamsui, an oil painting by Japanese-period Taiwanese artist Tan Ting-pho. The painting was purchased for $4.5 million (NT$144 million), setting a world record for a ‘NT $100 million’ purchase of an oil painting by an ethnic Chinese artist.[6] Chen's art collection is administered through the Yageo Foundation.[7][8]
Sotheby's auctioned off 25,000 bottles from his wine collection in 2023 and 2024, including their first ever auction devoted exclusively to Champagne and the first ever single-owner wine auction to take place in Burgundy.[9][10]
Personal life
He is divorced, with three children, and lives in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forbes profile: Pierre Chen". Forbes. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pierre Chen: Executive Profile & Biography - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tudor, Alison (6 April 2011). "Yageo's Founder, KKR Launch Offer". Wall Street Journal – via www.wsj.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Taiwan's 50 Richest 2021: Buoyed by an Export Boom, Fortunes Soar Amid the Pandemic". Forbes.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pierre Chen - ARTnews". www.artnews.com. 10 September 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chinese painting sets record price - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 27 November 2006.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guess What? Hardcore Contemporary Art's Truly a World Treasure: - The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto". www.momak.go.jp.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.The Economist. Economist Newspaper Limited. 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.MW, Serena Sutcliffe (2023-09-27). "Pierre Chen: An Appreciation". Sothebys.com. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Popping the Cork on a Champagne Auction in Paris: The Legendary Cellar of Epicure and Aesthete Pierre Chen". Sothebys.com. 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
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