Tsai Eng-Meng

Tsai Eng-meng is a Taiwanese businessman, chairman of the snack food company Want Want China. He is currently the richest person in Taiwan.

  • Tsai chairs Want Want China, one of the world’s largest suppliers of Chinese-style snacks and drinks.
  • He also invests in hotels, financial services and media, including China Times newspaper and China Television Co.
  • At age 19 Tsai took over his father’s food business and promptly came up with an idea for a new product: crackers made from rice flour.
  • Sons Kevin and Wang-Chia, along with nephew Cheng Wen-Hsien, are members of Want Want’s board of directors.