Jeffrey Koo Sr.

Jeffrey Koo Sr.

Jeffrey Koo, Sr. (Chinese: 辜濂松; pinyin: Gū Líansōng; September 8, 1933 – December 6, 2012) was a Taiwanese banker and the chairman of Chinatrust, a financial holding company.

Early years

Koo was born in 1933 in Taichū Prefecture in Japanese Taiwan. He graduated from Soochow University in Taipei in 1957 with a BA in accounting, moved to New York (lived in Brooklyn Heights) and graduated from New York University in 1962 with a MBA.[1]

Personal life

Koo was a nephew of Koo Chen-fu (founder of Koos Group) and Koo Kwang-ming.

Koo had a daughter and three sons, the eldest being Jeffrey Koo Jr.. All his children have connections to Chinatrust.[2]

Career

Koo founded what is now Chinatrust Commercial Bank with Koo Chen-fu in 1966.[2]

In June 2008, Forbes ranked him as the sixth richest individual in Taiwan, with a net worth of US$ 2.8 billion.[3] He is also an alumnus of Eisenhower Fellowships and a member of the Board of Trustees.[4]

Awards and Honorary Degrees

Death

Koo went to New York for treatment for Parkinson's[6] and died at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center on December 6, 2012.[7][8] Koo is survived by his wife, three sons and a daughter.

References

  1. Reyes, Alejandro (November 30, 2000). "Tycoons". CNN.com. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Chinatrust founder Jeffrey Koo Sr. dies at 80". The China Post. December 6, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  3. "Taiwan's Richest: #6 Jeffrey Koo Sr.". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  4. "Eisenhower Fellowships Board of Trustees". Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  5. "Taiwanese entrepreneurs to be decorated in Japan". The Central News Agency. April 29, 2012.
  6. "Jeffrey Koo’s body returns to Taiwan, mourners line street". Taipei Times. December 15, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  7. Wong, Andrea; Sun, Yu-Huay (December 7, 2012). "Chinatrust Chairman Jeffrey Koo Dies in New York City at Age 79". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
  8. Flannery, Russell (December 7, 2012). "Taiwan Billionaire Clan Leader Jeffrey Koo Dies At Age 79". Forbes. Retrieved May 24, 2015.


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