INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY COUNCIL

Daniel M. Tsai

Chairman of Fubon Group
Council Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council

Daniel M. Tsai is Chairman of the Fubon Group. Originating in 1961 with the founding of Fubon Insurance, Fubon Group now offers the most comprehensive financial services in Taiwan and is also involved in telecom, cable TV, e-commerce, property development, and content businesses.

Mr. Tsai joined the Fubon Group in 1981. Under his leadership, Fubon Financial Holdings has grown from a small property and casualty insurance company into Taiwan’s second-largest financial institution by assets and largest by market capitalization. Fubon Financial Holdings has pursued a vision of becoming one of Asia’s first-class financial institutions with an unrivaled portfolio of financial services. Its major subsidiaries, including Taipei Fubon Bank, Fubon Bank (China), Fubon Bank (Hong Kong), Fubon Insurance, Fubon Life, Fubon Securities and Fubon Asset Management, are all ranked among the top companies in their respective fields. As of the end of 2022, Fubon Financial Holdings had total assets of US$344.7 billion.

Mr. Tsai is also Chairman of Taiwan Mobile and momo.com. Taiwan Mobile is a leading provider of mobile communications, cable TV, fixed broadband services, and digital content in Taiwan. Momo.com, another Fubon Group member company, is Taiwan’s largest virtual shopping brand, encompassing e-commerce and TV home shopping, catalogue shopping. 

Mr. Tsai graduated from National Taiwan University in 1978 and received his Master’s Degree in Law from Georgetown University in 1979. He has served on the USC Board of Trustees since April 2012 and the Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society’s Board of Governors since 2014 and has been the Council Chairman Emeritus of the Asia Business Council since Mar 2023.