# Tsai Eng-meng

_Major shareholder of Traditional media,Businessman lives in Taiwan,_

Canonical: https://diginpl.com/people/tsai-eng-meng
Last updated: 2026-10-30

> Tsai Eng-meng is a Taiwanese businessman. He is best known for his leadership of the Want Want food company and his family's later acquisition of various news media companies in Taiwan. He is also chairman of the snack food company Want Want China. He was the richest person in Taiwan in 2017.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 15 January 1957 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Datong District ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P19))
- **Citizenship:** Taiwan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P27))
- **Occupation:** entrepreneur; businessperson ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P106))
- **Awards:** Asia's Most Influential Taiwan ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P166))
- **YouTube:** UC33t-pjQvjbfk6WDQCSj6EQ ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799#P2397))

## Questions

**When was Tsai Eng-meng born?**  
Tsai Eng-meng was born on 15 January 1957 in Datong District.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Tsai Eng-meng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai_Eng-meng) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q7211799](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7211799) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- [Image: 蔡衍明20191031.jpg by 花蓮縣政府 (Attribution)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E8%94%A1%E8%A1%8D%E6%98%8E20191031.jpg)

## Licence and attribution

Text from the Wikipedia article Tsai Eng-meng, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: 蔡衍明20191031.jpg — 花蓮縣政府, Attribution.

## Cite this page

"Tsai Eng-meng". DigiNepal. Last updated 30 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/tsai-eng-meng. Retrieved 7 November 2026.