Koos Group

The Koos Group (KGI; Chinese: 和信集團; pinyin: Héxìn Jítuán), founded by the Jeffrey Koo Sr. and Koo Chen-fu, the Koo Family, is a Taiwan-based pan-Asian business group involved in a vast range of industries, which include banking, manufacturing, petrochemicals, electronics, leasing, cement, financial services, hospitality, real estate, private equity, manufacturing, and investment banking.

The company was founded in the latter 19th century by Koo Hsien-jung, during the period of Japanese rule in Taiwan.

The group split its dealings in 2003 into two clans of the Koo Family; Koo Chen-fu's side of the family manages Taiwan Cement and his nephew Jeffrey Koo Sr.'s side of the family manages CTBC Financial Holding, Chailease Holding, KGI Financial Holding and KGI Life Insurance.

In 2001, The Wall Street Journal reported total assets of the Koos Group to be US$36 Billion.

[4] Today, the total net worth of the Koo Family is estimated to be over US$250 Billion.