The Koos Group ( KGI ; Chinese : 和信集團 ; pinyin : Héxìn Jítuán ) is a Taiwan -based pan-Asian business group involved in a vast range of industries, which include banking , manufacturing , petrochemicals , electronics , leasing , cement , financial services , hospitality , real estate , private equity , manufacturing , and investment banking .
5-534: The company was founded in the latter 19th century by Koo Hsien-jung , during the period of Japanese rule in Taiwan . It is majority-owned by the Koo family. The company was headed by Koo Chen-fu and Jeffrey Koo Sr. from 1940 until their deaths in 2005 and 2012 respectively. The Koos Group encompasses over 80 companies, with more than 60,000 employees worldwide. In 2001, The Wall Street Journal reported total assets of
10-470: A Taiwanese corporation or company is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Koo Hsien-jung Koo Hsien-jung ( Chinese : 辜顯榮 ; pinyin : Gū Xiǎnróng ; Wade–Giles : Ku Hsien -jung ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Ko͘ Hián-êng ; Romaji : Ko Ken’ei; 2 February 1866 – 9 December 1937) was a Taiwanese businessman and politician who enjoyed strong links to the colonial administration of Taiwan under Japanese rule . He founded
15-466: A successful political career (he became the first Taiwanese to be appointed by the emperor to the House of Peers of Japan, in 1934) and to build a collection of businesses that formed the nucleus of today's Koos Group of companies. Koo had four concubines , eight sons and four daughters. His fifth son, Koo Chen-fu , inherited control of his father's business and served as the negotiator for Taiwan during
20-637: The Koos Group of companies, the largest business group in Taiwan. Koo was a businessman at the time of the Treaty of Shimonoseki in which Qing dynasty China ceded Taiwan to Japan. When the Japanese forces arrived in Taiwan in 1895, Koo initiated contact with the Japanese forces in Keelung and urged them to enter Taipei to restore order. Koo's close links to the Japanese allowed him both to pursue
25-597: The Koos Group to be US$ 36 Billion. Today, the total assets of the Koos Group are estimated to be over US$ 225 Billion. Koos Group is headquartered in Taipei . It has operations in Taiwan , Hong Kong (KGI Hong Kong Group since 1997) and Singapore (KGI Securities Singapore). Its holding company is CTBC Bank . https://www.forbes.com/companies/ctbc-financial/?list=global2000&sh=6ce3c60e5049 This article about
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