Lin Rong-San
{{Short description|Taiwanese politician, publisher, real estate developer and businessman}}
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| name = Lin Rong-san
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1939|5|27}}
| birth_place = Roshū Village, Shinshō District, Taihoku, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2015|11|28|1939|5|27}}
| death_place = Taipei, Taiwan
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| nationality = Taiwanese
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| occupation = Founder, Union Bank of Taiwan; publisher of Liberty Times (and its English counterpart)
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Lin Rong-san ({{zh|c=林榮三}}; 27 May 1939 – 28 November 2015) was a Taiwanese politician, publisher, real estate developer and businessman. He was the founder of Union Bank of Taiwan, and the publisher of Liberty Times group that also includes its English-language version Taipei Times.{{cite web|url=http://www.storm.mg/article/74889|title=《自由時報》創辦人林榮三病逝 享壽77歲、身價逾千億|work=storm.mg}}
Career
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He was a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from 1977 to 2015. He won a controversial election against Tangwai candidate {{ill|Kuo Yu-hsin|zh|郭雨新}} to the Legislative Yuan in 1975. He was later accused of involving electoral fraud, which was published in "The Tiger Falls in Pingyang: The Election! Lawsuit! Kuo Yu-hsin (虎落平陽－選戰！官司！郭雨新)". He was named Vice President of the Control Yuan in 1992, but stepped down to focus on the Liberty Times.{{cite news|title=Politicians remember former Liberty Times publisher|url=http://www.asianews.network/content/politicians-remember-former-liberty-times-publisher-8203|accessdate=27 March 2017|work=China Post|date=24 January 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125233424/http://www.asianews.network/content/politicians-remember-former-liberty-times-publisher-8203|archivedate=25 January 2016}} [http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/national/national-news/2016/01/25/456969/Politicians-remember.htm Alt URL]
In June 2008, Forbes magazine ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.7 billion.{{cite news|title=#7 Lin Rong San|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/87/biz_taiwanrichest08_Lin-Rong-San_L9IM.html|accessdate=November 29, 2015|work=Forbes|date=June 4, 2008}} Lin fell to eighth on the same list in 2010,{{cite news|title=#8 Lin Rong San|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/87/taiwan-rich-list-10_Lin-Rong-San_L9IM.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404085644/http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/87/taiwan-rich-list-10_Lin-Rong-San_L9IM.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2010|accessdate=November 29, 2015|work=Forbes|date=March 31, 2010}} then slid to tenth in 2011.{{cite news|title=#10 Lin Rong San|url=https://www.forbes.com/lists/2011/87/taiwan-billionaires-11_Lin-Rong-San_L9IM.html|work=Forbes|date=2011}} In November 2015, his fortune was valued at US$3.9 billion.{{cite news|title=#9 Lin Rong San|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/lin-rong-san/|accessdate=November 29, 2015|work=Forbes|date=November 29, 2015}} Lin was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Grand Cordon by Lee Teng-hui in 2000, followed by the Order of Propitious Clouds with Grand Cordon from Chen Shui-bian in 2008.{{cite news|title=OBITUARY: Taipei Times founder Lin Rung San passes away at home aged 76|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/11/29/2003633579|accessdate=November 29, 2015|work=Taipei Times|date=November 29, 2015}}
His older brother is the billionaire real estate developer Lin Yu-lin.
Personal life
Lin died at home in Taipei on 28 November 2015, from cardiopulmonary failure caused by a tumor.{{cite news|last1=Tzou|first1=Jiing-wen|title=Remembering a 'man of unbending character'|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2015/11/29/2003633598|accessdate=November 29, 2015|work=Taipei Times|date=November 29, 2015}}
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Category:Taiwanese publishers (people)
Category:Taiwanese billionaires
Category:Businesspeople from New Taipei
Category:Senior advisors to President Lee Teng-hui
Category:Senior advisors to President Chen Shui-bian
Category:Recipients of the Order of Brilliant Star
Category:Members of the 1st Legislative Yuan in Taiwan
Category:New Taipei Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Yilan County Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Keelung Members of the Legislative Yuan
Category:Taiwanese members of the Control Yuan
Category:Taiwanese people of Hoklo descent
Category:Taiwanese newspaper founders
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