Luo Jye

{{Short description|Taiwanese businessman (1925–2019)}}

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Luo Jye ({{zh|c=羅結|p=Luó Jié}}; 1925 – 15 March 2019) was a Taiwanese billionaire, founder of Cheng Shin Rubber, the world's ninth largest tire manufacturer. At the time of his death, he was the sixth richest person in Taiwan.

Early life

Luo Jye was born in 1925.{{cite web|title=#775 Luo Jye & family|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/luo-jye/|website=Forbes|access-date=3 April 2019}}

Career

Luo founded Cheng Shin Rubber in 1967. In January 2015, he passed control of Cheng Shin to his son, Lo Tsai-jen.

According to Forbes, Luo had a net worth of US$4.2 billion, as of January 2015.

Personal life

Luo had four children and lived in Dacun, Changhua, Taiwan.

Luo died on 15 March 2019, at the age of 94.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20190319fin007/|title=正新創辦人羅結逝世 享壽94歲|last=Li Mengxuan 李孟璇|date=2019-03-18|website=Mirror Media|language=zh-Hant-TW|access-date=2019-04-01}}

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