David Sun (; born 12 October 1951) is a Taiwanese-American billionaire businessman, co-founder (with John Tu) and COO of

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Early life

David Sun was born in October 1951 in Taiwan and was educated at

Tatung University Tatung University (TTU/) is a private university in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan. It was first founded in 1956 as Tatung Institute of Technology but renamed in 1999 as Tatung University. Currently, Tatung University has four colleges: College ...

. He moved to the United States in 1977.

Career

According to ''

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'', Sun has a net worth of US$11.1 billion, as of June 2021. The David and Diana Sun Foundation, founded in 2001, contributes towards education and healthcare, mainly in Taiwan.

Personal life

He is married with two children and lives in

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