| 词条 | Tan Yu |
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| name = Tan Yu |native_name = 鄭周敏 | birth_date = 5 April 1927 | birth_place = Shishi, Quanzhou, Fujian, China | residence = Taiwan, Philippines | citizenship = Philippines | death_date = {{d-da|12 March 2002|5 April 1927}} | death_place = Houston, Texas, United States | networth = $7 Billion (Forbes 1997) }}Tan Yu ({{zh|t=鄭周敏|p=Zhèng Zhōumǐn}}; April 5, 1927 – 12 March 2002) was a Chinese-Filipino philanthropist and businessman who founded the Asiaworld Internationale Group [1] and established the KTTI Foundation, which provided scholarships to and supported the education of thousands of young students. In 1997, Forbes listed Tan Yu as the 7th wealthiest person in the world, estimating his net worth to be about $7 billion. He was placed amongst the top 10 in the world on the Forbes List of World Billionaires 1997,[2][3] making him wealthiest man in the Philippines.[4] Early lifeOriginally from Fujian province in China, Yu and his family moved to the Philippines at a young age. He began making a living in the province of Camarines Norte through selling bread buns in the streets and doing some fishing. He graduated from University of St. La Salle in Bacolod City, and in 1997, received an honorary doctorate of science degree from the New Jersey Institute of Technology.[5] By the age of 18, he had established a successful textile business.[6] Business InterestsDuring his lifetime, he planned to develop his private islands Fuga and Barit, two northernmost islands in the Philippines, into a resort in the Pacific for businessmen and tourists.[7] Under the company Asiaworld, he possessed more land in the Philippines than the government, as well as possessing overseas assets in the form of property,[8] hotels[9] and banks.[10] His key holdings included the Asiaworld Plaza Hotel in Taiwan, over 200 Hectares of prime land in Manila Bay and the Islands of Fuga and Barit.[11] Personal life and deathTan Yu died of heart failure in Houston, Texas, in 2002 at the age of 74. Jose de Venecia, the Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Philippines, commended his achievements as a great businessman and as a philanthropist, for providing jobs to a number of Philippine people.[12] He was posthumously honored with the Dr. Jose P. Rizal Award for Excellence.[13] His five children continue to live in the Philippines, Taiwan and Hong Kong.[14] In the Story Arc 2078 edition of the Philippines comic strip series Pugad Baboy, the Ninoy Aquino International Airport was named as Tan Yu International Airport (TYIA). References1. ^{{cite web|last=Philippe|first=Lasserre|title=Players in Asia-Pacific: A Profile|url=http://www.insead.edu/facultyresearch/research/doc.cfm?did=2516|publisher=INSEAD Euro-Asia Centre}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanyu}}2. ^{{cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/1996-07-01/business/fi-20274_1_bill-gates | work=Los Angeles Times | title=Bill Gates Tops Forbes List of Billionaires | date=1996-07-01}} 3. ^{{cite news| url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19960701&slug=2337273 | work=The Seattle Times | title=Gates Stays On Top Of Forbes' Richest List -- Asian Tycoons Move Up In Rankings | date=1996-07-01}} 4. ^{{cite book|last=Bay-Hansen|first=C.D.|title=Power Geopolitics in the Pacific Age|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Paj2IkbdgmIC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=tanyu+forbes+1996&source=bl&ots=A-3jc0k6YL&sig=CErWudG2TXeJKjER6MyhiRTayeg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=t0ynT7POCISI6AHezu3dBA&ved=0CGQQ6AEwCQ#v=snippet&q=tan%20yu&f=false|publisher=Inkwater Press}} 5. ^{{cite news|title=CNN Asiaweek interview|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz2.html|newspaper=CNN Asiaweek|date=2000-11-30|access-date=2012-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109084859/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz2.html|archive-date=2014-01-09|dead-url=yes|df=}} 6. ^{{cite news|title=Tycoon, Philanthropist Tan Yu dies at 75|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2002/03/hl/hl015377.htm|newspaper=Philippine Headline News}} 7. ^{{cite news |url = http://cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz1.html |title = From Backwater to Fantasy Isle: Filipino-Chinese Tycoon Makes an Audacious Move |newspaper = CNN Asiaweek |accessdate = 2008-08-19 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927035522/http://cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz1.html |archive-date = 2011-09-27 |dead-url = yes |df = }} 8. ^{{cite news|title=Taiwanese Billionaire Tan Yu building homes in Houston|url=http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1999_3140810/taiwanese-billionaire-building-homes-in-sharpstown.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907161616/http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/1999_3140810/taiwanese-billionaire-building-homes-in-sharpstown.html|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2012-09-07|newspaper=Houston Chronicle}} 9. ^{{cite news|title=Forbes Asia Financial Report|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1998/0706/6201196a.html|newspaper=Forbes Magazine}} 10. ^{{cite news|title=Tan Yu's $12 Billion Empire|url=http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz5.html|newspaper=CNN Asiaweek|access-date=2008-08-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204123014/http://www-cgi.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/96/0202/biz5.html|archive-date=2009-02-04|dead-url=yes|df=}} 11. ^{{cite book|last=Studwell|first=Joe|title=Asian Godfathers - Money and Power in Hong Kong and South East Asia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=720iFSxkII8C&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=%22tan%20yu%22&f=false|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press}} 12. ^{{cite news|title=Jose de Venecia Jr. mourns the loss the tycoon|url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=153811&publicationSubCategoryId=63|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120906105522/http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=153811&publicationSubCategoryId=63|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2012-09-06|newspaper=Philippines Star}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.manilatimes.net/others/rizal.html |title=2008 Dr. Jose P. Rizal Awards for Excellence; Search for Outstanding Chinese-Filipinos|publisher=The Manila Times Internet Edition|accessdate=2008-08-28|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080419034307/http://www.manilatimes.net/others/rizal.html |archivedate = 2008-04-19}} 14. ^{{cite news|title=Lessons from a Tycoon|url=http://208.184.76.175/Article.aspx?articleId=674631&publicationSubCategoryId=86|newspaper=Philippine Star|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20120707191821/http://208.184.76.175/Article.aspx?articleId=674631&publicationSubCategoryId=86|archivedate=2012-07-07|df=}} 15 : 1927 births|2002 deaths|Businesspeople in agriculture|Businesspeople in real estate|Filipino billionaires|Filipino philanthropists|Filipino businesspeople|Chinese emigrants to the Philippines|Chinese hoteliers|Naturalized citizens of the Philippines|Businesspeople from Fujian|University of St. La Salle alumni|New Jersey Institute of Technology alumni|People from Jinjiang, Fujian|20th-century philanthropists |
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