Profil Financier
Andre Koo occupe actuellement le rang #755 du classement mondial StarFortune (secteur finance & investissement). Fortune nette estimée : $5.5 B (-$29 M sur 24h).
Andre Koo is the honorary chairman of Chailease Holding, an equipment-leasing outfit operating in Taiwan, mainland China and Southeast Asia.
Chailease comprises over 70 companies with 10,000 employees. It operates in Taiwan, mainland China and 12 other countries and regions.
He is the seventh-generation of the Koo Family that trace their roots to Koh Lay Huan, the first Kapitan Cina of Penang. The family first made their fortune in camphor, salt, sugar and land and founded the Koos Group.
Andre's brothers, Jeffrey Koo Jr. and Angelo Koo, are also billionaires and own stakes in Taiwan's financial giants CTBC Financial Holding and China Development Financial Holding, respectively.
Andre Jr. is founder and general partner of K8 Capital, a New York-based private credit and venture capital firm.
The Andre Koo Lobby at NYU's Stern School of Business is named after Koo. He has been sponsoring the school's Andre Koo Tech MBA program since its inception in 2018.
Andre's father, financier Jeffrey Koo, Sr., who died in 2012, was dubbed the "Father of the Credit Card" in Taiwan.
Koo calls himself a true connoisseur of both wine and business jets.