Tsai Chen-nan (; born 1940) is a Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist.

Life and career

Tsai was born in 1940 to , of the Tsai family of Miaoli. His younger brothers

Tsai Chen-chou Tsai Chen-chou (; 13 September 1946 – 14 May 1987) was a Taiwanese politician and businessman. Life and career He was the second son of and a member of the Tsai family of Miaoli. The family was known outside of politics for its wealth. His ...

and also held significant business interests. Tsai Chen-nan was an insurance executive at and later held top administrative positions in the Cathay business empire (see

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) founded by his family. He founded the Lai Lai Sheraton Hotel in 1981 and sold it in 1985 to Chang Hsiu-cheng. Tsai Chen-yang acquired the property in 2002. Tsai Chen-nan is known as the "King of

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" for his investments there, and owns properties in Hong Kong. Tsai Chen-nan is also known for his patronage of the arts and social causes. He sponsored the Cathay Art Museum, which opened in 1977, and owned over 2,000 pieces of art, a majority of which were sold to the

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in 2010. The rest, which included an imperial Dragon Seal dating to the

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, was auctioned off that same year. Additionally, Tsai funded

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's Taiwan-based orchestras.

References

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