[2] His sister is Cher Wang, co-founder and chairperson (since 2007[3]) of HTC Corporation and integrated chipset maker VIA Technologies.
[6] Wang attended University of California, Berkeley,[7] before moving back to Taiwan to work for his father's corporation, Formosa Plastics Group, in 1988.
[20] The Wangs are the most prominent sponsors of the Emmy-nominated PBS documentary Becoming American: The Chinese Experience by [Bill Moyers].
[21] The Walter and Shirley Wang Foundation helped establish the DEA Museum in Los Angeles, California, with the goal of educating the public on illegal drugs and trafficking.
[28][29] In 2023, Walter and Shirley Wang donated $2.5 million to help increase support for Columbia University's Yellow Ribbon Program, which now meets 100 percent of student veterans’ tuition and fees.
[32][33][34] The Walter and Shirley Wang donated $1 million to the Mayor's Fund of Los Angeles, in addition to supplies for face shields intended for use at Cedars Sinai Medical Center and the Innovation Lab at UCLA.
[36] In 2013, Wang served as a representative of the China Overseas Exchange Association (COEA) in Beijing, according to the People's Daily.
[37] The same year, Wang traveled to Beijing as part of a Committee of 100 delegation to encourage American-Chinese diplomatic relations.