Richest People In Taiwan 2011

• Source of Wealth: Businessmen, Internet, Diversified
• Nationality: Taiwan

Forbes list of Taiwan’s richest 40 people has been published, and HTC’s cofounders Cher Wang and Wenchi Chen have taken wealthiest spot from 2010’s leader Terry Gou. The top 40 has a combined net worth of $92.7 billion, a 20% jump from the previous $77 billion in 2008. This year Taiwan’s wealthy needed a bare minimum of $930 million to qualify for Forbes’ list, compared to $675 million in 2010.

1. Cher Wang & Wenchi Chen – 8,800 million2. Tsai Wan Tsai – 7,000 million3. Tsai Eng-Meng – 6,100 million4. Wei Ing-Chou – 5,700 million5. Terry Gou – 5,600 million6. Wang Yung-Tsai – 3,900 million7. Barry Lam – 3,300 million8. Lin Yu-Lin – 3,000 million9. Luo Jye – 2,900 million10. Lin Rong San – 2,800 million11. Jason Chang – 2,300 million12. T.Y. Tsai – 2,250 million13. Eugene Wu – 2,200 million14. Michael Chiang – 2,000 million15. Chao Teng-Hsiung – 1,700 million16. Chang Yung Fa – 1,650 million17= Liao Long-Shing – 1,600 million17= Suhon Lin – 1,600 million17= Tseng Shin-Yi – 1,600 million20= Tsai Cheng-Da – 1,550 million20= Tsai Hong-Tu – 1,550 million22. Lin Yu-Chia – 1,500 million23. Leslie Koo – 1,450 million24. Samuel Yin – 1,430 million25. Hsu Chen – 1,410 million26. Chen Yung-Tai – 1,400 million27. Douglas Hsu – 1,380 million28. Tsai Ming-Kai – 1,350 million29. Jeffrey Koo – 1,300 million30. Kenneth Yen – 1,290 million31. Tsai Chi Jui – 1,280 million32. Allen Horng – 1,260 million33. Tsai Yung-Lung – 1,250 million34. Lin Ming-Cheng – 1,200 million35. Chen Chao Chuan – 1,150 million36. Steven Pan – 1,100 million37. Wu Chung-Yi – 1,000 million38. Lin Ming-Hsiung – 980 million39. Bruce Cheng – 950 million40. Shi Wen Long – 930 million