Sam Chang

{{Short description|Taiwanese-American businessman and developer}}

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| native_name = 張善良

| birth_date = July 29, 1960

| birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan

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| occupation = Real estate developer

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| children = Danny Chang
Kevin Chang
Jeffrey Chang
Jennifer Chang

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Sam Chang (Chinese name: Shen Leong Chang{{Cite web|last=Elkies {{!}}|first=Lauren|title=Sam Chang - The Real Deal|url=https://therealdeal.com/closings/sam-chang/|access-date=2020-07-15|website=The Real Deal New York|language=en-US}}) is a Taiwanese-American businessman and developer in New York City.

Background

A native of Taiwan, Chang dropped out of high school to help his parents manage a Los Angeles hotel. Prior to becoming a developer in New York City, Chang operated hotels and restaurants in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. His first New York project was in 1997.{{citation | last=Bahree | first=Megha | title=Upgrading | newspaper=Forbes | date=2006-06-19 | url=https://www.forbes.com/global/2006/0619/078.html | access-date=2008-03-01 }}

Business

Chang is the chairman of McSam Hotel Group, and is one of the largest hotel developers in New York City. His company has completed 25 hotels in the five boroughs of New York City, with a stated goal of at least 50. He currently has 4,000 rooms under development for a variety of national hotel chains.{{citation | last=Ferris | first=Marc | title=Checking in with Sam Chang | newspaper=The Real Deal | date=2006-12-01 | url=http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/checking-in-with-sam-chang | access-date=2008-03-01 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201194454/http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/checking-in-with-sam-chang | archive-date=2008-12-01 }} He is the first Asian American to build a high-rise hotel in Manhattan.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/nyregion/04chang.html|title=Little Rooms, Big Profits|date=2009-10-02|first=Charles V.|last=Bagli|newspaper=New York Times}}

Many of Chang's hotels are designed by New York architects Gene Kaufman{{citation | last=Bernstein | first=Fred A. | title=In Hotel Design, He's Mr. Prolific | newspaper=New York Times | date=2008-02-17 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/realestate/commercial/17sqft.html | access-date=2008-03-01 }} and Michael Kang. Tritel Construction (of which he is a 50% partner) handles much of the construction.

Chang was honored as a 2007 "Developer of the Year" by Hilton Hotels, for the multiple Hilton properties he is developing in Manhattan and Connecticut.{{citation | title=News Release: Hilton Hotels Corporation Announces Top Developers and Hotels Among Focused-Service Brands | publisher=Hilton Hotels Corporation | date=2007-03-12 | url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88577&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=973945&highlight= | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103134532/http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=88577&p=irol-newsArticle_Print&ID=973945&highlight= | url-status=dead | archive-date=2013-11-03 | access-date=2008-03-01 }}{{citation | last=Shott | first=Chris | title=Cha-Chang! Sam Chang Builds First, Brands Later | newspaper=New York Observer | date=2007-12-11 | url=http://www.observer.com/2007/cha-chang-sam-chang-builds-first-brands-later?page=0%2C0 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517162807/http://www.observer.com/2007/cha-chang-sam-chang-builds-first-brands-later?page=0,0 | url-status=dead | archive-date=2011-05-17 | access-date=2008-03-01 }}

Investments

Chang has a 7.5 percent stake in Trump Entertainment Resorts.{{citation | last=Jones | first=David | title=Chang bets big on Trump Entertainment | newspaper=The Real Deal | date=2008-02-29 | url=http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/chang-bets-big-on-trump-entertainment | access-date=2008-03-01 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308105756/http://ny.therealdeal.com/articles/chang-bets-big-on-trump-entertainment | archive-date=2008-03-08 }}

Personal life

Chang has four children: Danny, Kevin, Jeffrey, and Jennifer.[http://therealdeal.com/closings/sam-chang/ The Real Deal: "Sam Chang" by Lauren Elkies] retrieved March 23, 2014