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'''Kao Ching-yuen''' ([[Traditional Chinese]]: 高清愿; born May 24, 1929) is a Taiwanese [[businessman]]. Kao was born in a moneyless family located in [[Syuejia, Tainan|Syuejia]], Tainan. He is the founder and [[chairman]] of [[Uni-president]], the largest food corporation of [[Taiwan]], based in [[Tainan]], mainly actives in Taiwan, [[Mainland China]] and [[Southeast Asia]]. Kao began to serve as a workman in his teenage years. He got into the Taiwan Spinning (台南紡織), a [[textile processing]] company in 1954, and became a [[Management|manager]] later. Kao left Taiwan Spinning in 1966.
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'''Kao Ching-yuen''' ({{zh|c=高清愿|poj=Ko Chheng-gōan|p=Gāo Qīngyuàn}}; 24 May 1929 – March 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman best known as the founder of [[Uni-President Enterprises Corporation]].
He established the Uni-president in 1967.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/Rockets_and_Toyota_Center_Anno-287124-34.html | title = Rockets and Toyota Center Announce Sponsorship Agreement with Uni-President Enterprises (China) Corporation | accessdate = 2011-01-07 | date = 2008-10-29 | publisher = NBA Media Ventures}}</ref>


== Biography ==
In 2003 he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.management.org.tw/eng/about_5.php | title = Management Medal | accessdate = 2011-01-07 | date = 2009 | publisher = Chinese Management Association}}</ref>
Kao was born to a poor family in Gakkō Village, Hokumon District, [[Tainan Prefecture]], [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese-era Taiwan]] (modern-day [[Syuejia District|Syuejia]], [[Tainan]]) on 24 May 1929. In 1942, at the age of 13, Kao began working in a sandal factory. In 1946, he joined a firm owned by his cousin-in-law Wu Hsiu-chi, the Xinhexing Cloth Shop ({{Lang|zh|新和興布行}}), as an apprentice before starting his own company, Dexing Cloth Shop ({{Lang|zh|德兴布行}}), in 1949.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Numazaki |first=Ichiro |date=December 1993 |title=The Tainanbang: The Rise and Growth of a Banana-bunch-shaped Business Group in Taiwan |journal=The Developing Economies |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=490-491}}</ref>

He joined Tainan Spinning ({{Lang|zh|台南紡織}}), a [[textile processing]] company founded by Wu Hsiu-chi, in 1955 as a sales manager.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Thain|first1=Greg|last2=Bradley|first2=John|title=FMCG: The Power of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods|date=2014|publisher=First Edition Design|isbn=9781622876471|page=483|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i8MABAAAQBAJ&q=Kao+Ching-yuen+Taiwan+spinning&pg=PA483}}</ref><ref name="ttobit">{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=Ted|title=Uni-President confirms death of founder Kao|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/04/02/2003642990|accessdate=2 April 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=2 April 2016}}</ref>

Kao left Tainan Spinning in 1967 to establish the Uni-President Corporation, and served as company chairman until 2013.<ref name="ttobit" /><ref>{{cite news |last=Chen |first=Kevin | url = http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2013/11/13/2003576725 | title = Uni-President chairman Kao resigns | accessdate = 2015-11-17 | date = 2013-11-13 | work= Taipei Times}}</ref>

In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Management from [[National Sun Yat-sen University]] (NSYSU)<ref>[https://oaa.nsysu.edu.tw/p/412-1003-5848.php?Lang=zh-tw 其他教務資料 - 國立中山大學教務處]</ref> and an [[Order of Brilliant Star]] (2nd Class) award on 23 December 1999.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1999-12-29 |title=Zǒngtǒng Lìng (Huázǒng Èrróngzì dì 8810037500 hào) |script-title=zh:總統令（華總二榮字第8810037500號） |trans-title=Presidential Order No. 8810037500 |url=https://twinfo.ncl.edu.tw/tiqry/hypage.cgi?HYPAGE=search/merge_pdf.hpg&dtd_id=12&type=g&sysid=G9900379&jid=79007133&vol=88122900&page=%E9%A0%8111 |journal=Presidential Office Gazette |publisher=[[Office of the President (Taiwan)]] |volume=6314 |issue= |pages=11}}</ref> In 2003, he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.<ref>{{cite web |date=2009 |title=Management Medal |url=http://www.management.org.tw/eng/about_5.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316222752/http://www.management.org.tw/eng/about_5.php |archivedate=2012-03-16 |accessdate=2011-01-07 |publisher=Chinese Management Association}}</ref>

Kao's death was confirmed by Uni-President on 1 April 2016, and a funeral was held the same day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tien|first1=Yu-pin|title=Kao Chin-yen, founder of Uni-president Corporation, dies|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201604010004.aspx|accessdate=1 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=1 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yang|first1=Sz-rue|last2=Tien|first2=Yu-pin|last3=Hsu|first3=Elizabeth|title=Low-key funeral held for Uni-President founder|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/asoc/201604010009.aspx|accessdate=1 April 2016|agency=Central News Agency|date=1 April 2016}}</ref>


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[[zh:高清愿]]

Latest revision as of 18:30, 9 October 2024

In this Chinese name, the family name is Kao.
Kao Ching-yuen
高清愿
Born(1929-05-24)24 May 1929
Hokumon, Tainan, Taiwan, Empire of Japan
DiedMarch 2016(2016-03-00) (aged 86)
Yongkang District, Tainan, Republic of China
CitizenshipRepublic of China
AwardsOrder of Brilliant Star (2nd Class)

Kao Ching-yuen (Chinese: 高清愿; pinyin: Gāo Qīngyuàn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko Chheng-gōan; 24 May 1929 – March 2016) was a Taiwanese businessman best known as the founder of Uni-President Enterprises Corporation.

Biography

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Kao was born to a poor family in Gakkō Village, Hokumon District, Tainan Prefecture, Japanese-era Taiwan (modern-day Syuejia, Tainan) on 24 May 1929. In 1942, at the age of 13, Kao began working in a sandal factory. In 1946, he joined a firm owned by his cousin-in-law Wu Hsiu-chi, the Xinhexing Cloth Shop (新和興布行), as an apprentice before starting his own company, Dexing Cloth Shop (德兴布行), in 1949.[1]

He joined Tainan Spinning (台南紡織), a textile processing company founded by Wu Hsiu-chi, in 1955 as a sales manager.[2][3]

Kao left Tainan Spinning in 1967 to establish the Uni-President Corporation, and served as company chairman until 2013.[3][4]

In 1997, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Management from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)[5] and an Order of Brilliant Star (2nd Class) award on 23 December 1999.[6] In 2003, he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.[7]

Kao's death was confirmed by Uni-President on 1 April 2016, and a funeral was held the same day.[8][9]

References

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  1. ^ Numazaki, Ichiro (December 1993). "The Tainanbang: The Rise and Growth of a Banana-bunch-shaped Business Group in Taiwan". The Developing Economies. 31 (4): 490–491.
  2. ^ Thain, Greg; Bradley, John (2014). FMCG: The Power of Fast-Moving Consumer Goods. First Edition Design. p. 483. ISBN 9781622876471.
  3. ^ a b Chen, Ted (2 April 2016). "Uni-President confirms death of founder Kao". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  4. ^ Chen, Kevin (2013-11-13). "Uni-President chairman Kao resigns". Taipei Times. Retrieved 2015-11-17.
  5. ^ 其他教務資料 - 國立中山大學教務處
  6. ^ "Zǒngtǒng Lìng (Huázǒng Èrróngzì dì 8810037500 hào)" 總統令（華總二榮字第8810037500號） [Presidential Order No. 8810037500]. Presidential Office Gazette. 6314. Office of the President (Taiwan): 11. 1999-12-29.
  7. ^ "Management Medal". Chinese Management Association. 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
  8. ^ Tien, Yu-pin (1 April 2016). "Kao Chin-yen, founder of Uni-president Corporation, dies". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
  9. ^ Yang, Sz-rue; Tien, Yu-pin; Hsu, Elizabeth (1 April 2016). "Low-key funeral held for Uni-President founder". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 April 2016.


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