James S. C. Chao
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Born in Taipei, Taiwan to waishengren parents who fled China as a result of the Chinese Civil War, Chao immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old. Her father founded the Foremost Group, an American shipping company based in New York.
Mar 4, 2021 · Updated: 11:22 ET, Mar 4 2021. ELAINE Chao's father, James S.C. Chao, is a Chinese-American entrepreneur who founded the Foremost Group, a shipping, trading and finance enterprise based in New York. While it's his son-in-law, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who gets the most airtime, Elaine hails from an immensely wealthy family, with her ...
Jun 2, 2019 · The family of Elaine Chao, the transportation secretary and wife of Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, has high-level political connections not only in the United States but also in...
Jun 2, 2019 · Ms. Chao, 66, was born in Taiwan to parents who had fled mainland China in the late 1940s and later settled in the United States when she was a schoolgirl. She worked at Foremost in the 1970s...
Jan 7, 2021 · Elaine's mother, Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, died in 2007. Dr. Chao and the Chao family foundation donated $40 million to Harvard to fund the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, which was completed in 2016.
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Her parents, James and Ruth Chao, had gone to Taiwan after separately fleeing China in the late 1940s, met, and married. Chao immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old in 1961.
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James Si-Cheng Chao (Chinese: 趙錫成; pinyin: Zhào Xíchéng; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese businessman, philanthropist, and former sea captain. He is the founder of the shipping company Foremost Group. He is also known as the father of Elaine Chao and father-in-law of United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
