Kao Ching-yuen
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Kao Ching-yuen is a Taiwanese businessman. Kao was born in a moneyless family located in 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 manager
later. Kao left Taiwan Spinning in 1966.
He established the Uni-president Corporation in 1967.
In 2003 he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.
Syuejia, Tainan
Xuejia District is a town of about 28,489 residents in Tainan City, Taiwan. The name of the district means "excellent academic achievement", in which the word "Xue" means academics, and the word "jia"is the top grade in the traditional Taiwanese grading system. There is a night market in Xuejia...
, Tainan. He is the founder and chairman of Uni-president, the largest food corporation of Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
, based in Tainan
Tainan
Tainan City is a city in southern Taiwan. It is the fifth largest after New Taipei, Kaohsiung, Taichung, and Taipei. It was formerly a provincial city, and in 2010, the provincial city merged with the adjacent Tainan County to form a single special municipality. Tainan faces the Taiwan Strait in...
, mainly actives in Taiwan, Mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
. 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 manager
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
later. Kao left Taiwan Spinning in 1966.
He established the Uni-president Corporation in 1967.
In 2003 he was awarded a Management Medal by the Chinese Management Association.