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Relatives: Elaine Chao (sister); ... Angela Chao (March 4, 1973 – February 11, 2024) [1] was an American billionaire businesswoman who was CEO of the Foremost Group.
James Si-Cheng Chao (Chinese: 趙錫成; pinyin: Zhào Xíchéng; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese businessman, philanthropist, and former sea captain. He is the founder of the shipping company Foremost Group. He is also known as the father of Elaine Chao and father-in-law of United States Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Chao died Feb. 12 on a private property in Blanco County after the vehicle she was traveling in veered into a pond and was submerged for more than an hour. Sheriff's deputies responded to 101 ...
Foremost Group was founded in 1964 by businessman James Si-Cheng Chao and his wife Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, who each immigrated to the United States from China by way of Taiwan. [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. [7] [8] [3]
Angela Chao, one of six children, served as the Foremost Group’s CEO since 2018 and was also involved in a number of organizations, holding board positions on the American Bureau of Shipping ...
A toxicology test determined that Chao had a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.233 grams per 100 milliliters, above the legal limit in Texas of .08, the report says. Chao was the chair and CEO of her family’s shipping business, the Foremost Group, and the president of her father’s philanthropic organization, the Foremost Foundation.
"Angela’s passing was a terrible tragedy, and words cannot describe the family’s profound grief," a spokesman for her father James SC Chao and the wider family said in an emailed statement.
The investigation by the Blanco County Sheriff’s Office concluded that Chao's death was an “unfortunate accident” and her blood alcohol level was nearly three times the state's legal limit. Chao, 50, died the night of Feb. 10 after having dinner with a large group at a ranch in Johnson City, west of Austin.