Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) history, profile and corporate video
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) is a financial services holding company headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. It was founded as a publicly-listed company in 2002.
Shin Kong Financial Holding is a subsidiary of the Shin Kong Group, which traces its origin back to the establishment of the Shin Kong Store in 1945 by group founder Mr. Wu Ho-Su.
The name “Shin Kong” was created from the first Chinese character in the name “Hsinchu,” the city where the founder was born, and the first character in the given name of the founder’s business benefactor Mr. Mitsusada Ogawa. “Shin Kong” therefore embodies the founder’s sense of gratitude for good fortune and the importance of friendship.
Since its founding, Shin Kong Group has diversified and become an integrated business with operations covering the financial, energy, security, real estate, manufacturing, consumer, health care, and philanthropy sectors.
Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) provides financial products and services through its subsidiaries in life insurance, banking, securities, asset management, and insurance brokerage.
SKFH’s subsidiaries
- Shin Kong Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (SKL)
- Taiwan Shin Kong Commercial Bank Co., Ltd. (SKB)
- Shin Kong Investment Trust Co., Ltd. (SKIT)
- Shin Kong Property Insurance Agency Co., Ltd. (SKPIA)
- Shin Kong Venture Capital International Co., Ltd. (SKVC)
- MasterLink Securities (MLS)
With more than 17,000 employees, Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (SKFH) is considered one of the Top 2000 Largest Public Companies in the World, according to Forbes.
*Information from Forbes.com, Wikipedia.org, www.shinkonggroup.com/en and www.skfh.com.tw.
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