[5][6] Its chair and CEO from 2018 to 2024 was Angela Chao, the sixth daughter of the company's founders and the third of their children born in the United States.

[12][10] Customers have been reported to include Japan's NYK Line and MOL, Dreyfus of France, and both Bunge and Cargill of the United States.

[17][3] In 2019, Foremost received an "eco-friendly" post-Panamax bulk carrier built by Japanese Oshima Shipyards in Nagasaki Prefecture and financed by the First Commercial Bank of Taiwan.

[9] The Foremost Foundation was started "to help young people access higher education and greater opportunities generally, while also supporting health care initiatives and U.S.-Asia cultural exchanges.

The slur was immediately condemned by political and community leaders and civil rights groups including the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

According to the New York Times, investigations made no "formal finding that Ms. Chao violated ethics rules" regarding Foremost and prosecutors declined to bring any charges.

[4][23][17][24] The Wall Street Journal noted that "Elaine is neither an employee nor owner" of Foremost; the Washington Post's "Fact Checker" similarly reported that "Secretary Chao has no interest, ownership or involvement in the company.