Lin Rong-San
Lin Rong-san 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.
Career
He was a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party from 1977 to 2015. He won a controversial election against Tangwai candidate 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 ". He was named Vice President of the Control Yuan in 1992, but stepped down to focus on the Liberty Times.In June 2008, Forbes'' magazine ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a net worth of US$2.7 billion. Lin fell to eighth on the same list in 2010, then slid to tenth in 2011. In November 2015, his fortune was valued at US$3.9 billion. 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.
His older brother is the billionaire real estate developer Lin Yu-lin.