Wang Yung-ching

Wang Yung-ching
Wang Yung-ching
王永慶
	Portrait of Wang Yung-ching, collection of Formosa Plastics Group Museum
Born	18 January 1917; Chyokutan jō, Shinden ku, Shinden shichō, Taihoku Chō, Japanese-occupied Taiwan
Died	15 October 2008 (aged 91); Short Hills, New Jersey, United States
Citizenship	Japan (1917–1945); Taiwan (1945–2008);
Occupation	Businessman
Known for	Forbes 178th richest person (2008)
Children	Winston Wong; Cher Wang; Walter Wang;
Relatives	Wang Yung-tsai (brother); Shirley Wang (daughter-in-law);

Wang Yung-ching (Chinese: 王永慶; pinyin: Wáng Yǒngqìng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ông Éng-khèng; 18 January 1917 – 15 October 2008), also called YC Wang, was a Taiwanese businessman. He was best known for being at the chairman of Formosa Plastics Corporation, one of Taiwan's foremost plastic manufacturing establishments until is retirement in June 2006, where he stepped down at the age of 89.

In 2008, Forbes ranked him as the 178th richest person in the world with an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion.

Despite lacking any formal schooling beyond elementary school, he was ranked 2nd in the Forbes list of Taiwan's Richest in 2008.

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