About Jeffrey Koo Sr.
Jeffrey Koo Sr. (Chinese: 辜濂松; pinyin: Gū Líansōng; 8 September 1933 – 6 December 2012) was a Taiwanese billionaire banker and the third-generation of the Koo Family who served as honorary chairman and governor of CTBC Financial Holding, and co-founded the Koos Group. == Early life and family == The rise of the Koo family dates back to the late nineteenth century in Lukang, which was the capital at the time. The first generation Koo ancestors held monopolistic investments in camphor, salt, sugar, and land. Today, the Koo Family has a bloodline of at least six generations and is often regarded as one of Taiwan’s “five great families” (臺灣五大家族), a term used in reference to several influential business dynasties in Taiwan’s economic development. Koo was born in 1933 in Taichū Prefecture in Japanese Taiwan. He graduated from Soochow University in Taipei in 1957 with a B.A. in accounting, then completed graduate studies at in the United States, where he moved to New York City and lived in Brooklyn Heights to attend New York University. In 1962, he earned his Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the New York University Stern School of Business. == Personal life == Around the mid-20th century, Koo co-founded, with his uncle Koo Chen-fu, the Koos Group, a conglomerate of businesses including cement, insurance, financial services, leasing, and hospitality. Chinatrust Financial Holding is one of the largest privately owned commercial banks in Asia.
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