The Shin Kong Group () is a large enterprise group in Taiwan, the group traces its origin back to the establishment of the Shin Kong Store in 1945 by group founder . The Shin Kong Store was engaged in the trading of fabrics and the import and export of sugar and tea. Wu created the name "Shin Kong" from the first Chinese character in the name Hsinchu, the city where he was born, and the first character in the given name of his business benefactor .
History Months after end of the Second World War which saw defeat of Japanese Empire, a group of Taiwanese businessmen, namely Wu Ho-Su, Hung Wan-Chuan, and Lin Teng-Shan founded the Shin Kong Trading Company. The company initially focused in cloth trading and import and export of sugar, tea and other products.
In 1951, Wu extended Shin Kong's reach in the textile industry with the founding of Shinkong Spinning Co., Ltd. The company steadily expanded into other industries with the establishment of Shinkong Insurance and in 1963 and the Great Taipei Gas Corporation in 1964, setting a strong base for the company's future. In 1986, Eugene Wu assumed the chairmanship of the group. The group subsequently established in 1992 and completed the landmark Shin Kong Life Tower in Taipei the following year. Since then, Shin Kong has steadily diversified and grown to become an integrated business with operations covering the financial, security, manufacturing, consumer, medical, and philanthropy sectors.
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) was founded as a publicly listed company in 2002. Through its subsidiaries Shin Kong Life Insurance, Shin Kong Bank, MasterLink Securities, Shin Kong Investment Trust, Shin Kong Property Insurance Agency, and Shin Kong Venture Capital, the company provides financial instruments.
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Financial Services {| | valign="top" | Shin Kong Financial Holdinghttps://web.archive.org/web/20150308131936/http://www.skfh.com.tw/en/default.aspx() Shin Kong Life Insurancehttp://www.skl.com.tw/en1033/ Shin Kong-HNA Life Insurancehttp://www.skl-hna.com/ Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bankhttps://www.skbank.com.tw/2011_English/01.html MasterLink Securitieshttp://www.masterlink.com.tw/english/EnglishIndex.aspx/ Shin Kong Investment Trusthttp://www.skit.com.tw/ Shin Kong Property Insurance Agencyhttp://www.skpia.com.tw/ Shin Kong Venture Capital Shinkong Insurancehttps://www.skinsurance.com.tw/SKI/
Security Services {| | valign="top" | Taiwan Shin Kong Securityhttp://www.sks.com.tw/() Shin Kong Life Real Estate Service Companyhttp://www.skhb.com.tw/web/index.aspx
Manufacturing {| | valign="top" | Shinkong Textilehttps://web.archive.org/web/20150216042606/http://sktextile.com.tw/sktextile.html Shinkong Synthetic Fibershttps://web.archive.org/web/20150413080935/http://www.shinkong.com.tw/En/profile/profile.html
Consumer Services {| | valign="top" | The Great Taipei Gashttp://www.taipeigas.com.tw/Eng/ Shin Hai Gashttp://www.shinhaigas.com.tw/english/english.htm Shin Kong Chao Fenghttps://web.archive.org/web/20150723033844/http://www.skcf.com.tw/index.asp Shin Kong Cinemas Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store Shin Kong Construction & Development
Medical, Philanthropic and Public Services {| | valign="top" | Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospitalhttp://www.skh.org.tw/SKHenglish%20website/index.htm Shin Kong Medical Clubhttp://www.skh.org.tw/PMM/Content.aspx?ID=93eaae0b-12e4-445c-9fec-0ccace388bcc Shin Kong Shien Ya Internationalhttp://www.sksy.com.tw/ Shin Kong Life Insurance Scholarship Foundationhttp://www.sklsf.org/ Shin Kong Life Foundationhttp://www.sklf.org.tw/ Shin Kong Wu Foundationhttp://www.skwf.org.tw/ Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Rescue Foundationhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150924102451/http://www.skwf.org.tw/aboutrescue.htm Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Culture and Education Foundationhttp://www.skwf.org.tw/ Shin Kong Bank Education Foundation
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