Tsai Hong-tu is the Chairman of the Board of Cathay Financial Holdings. Inherited stakes of the Company with brothers Tsai Cheng-da and T.Y. Tsai when Father Tsai Wan-lin died in 2004. Family also controls Cathay Real Estate, a Taiwan property developer. In 2010's Forbes World's Billionaires List, Tsai was ranked no. 582 in the world, side by side with brothers Tsai Cheng-da and T.Y. Tsai, each with individual net worth of 1.7 Billion US Dollar.