Nita Ing

Nita Ing
Born	March 17, 1955 (1955-03-17) (age 56) Taipei, Taiwan
Residence	Taipei
Nationality	American
Alma mater	UCLA, Economics Department. 1977
Occupation	Chairman, Continental Engineering Corporation Chairman, Taiwan Synthetic Rubber Corporation CEO, American Bridge Company General Manager, Hill & Knowlton Investment Company Director, Pacific Construction Company Chairman, Voice of Taipei National Policy Advisor, Office of the President of the Republic of China
Spouse	Domestic Partner
Children	2
Parents	Father, Ing Chi-hou (殷之浩) Mother, Nancy Ing (殷張蘭熙)

Nita Ing (殷琪; born March 17, 1955) in Taipei is a Taiwanese executive and the former Chairman of the Board of the Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, the company which built a high speed railway system from Taipei to Kaohsiung. A supporter of the Democratic Progressive Party, she had been an advisor to the former President Chen Shui-bian.

Her career as a construction magnate took place largely within Taiwan's Continental Engineering Corporation, of which she has served as the chairman of the board.

Early Personal Life Experiences

Nita Ing was expelled from Taipei American School for "rowdy behavior" and sent to a Massachusetts boarding school in the 1970s when she was a teenager. She then majored in economics at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). ^[1]

She has two children, but in accordance with her feminist principles, has never married. She currently lives in Taipei, Taiwan with her two daughters, who both attend Taipei American School.

References

1. ^ From "The Stars of Asia," in the July 3, 2000 international edition of Business Week.

External links

• Taiwan High Speed Rail official website (Chinese)
• Taiwan High Speed Rail official website (English)
• Money magazine article
• Business Week article
• CEC Timeline

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Name	Ing, Nita
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Date of birth	March 17, 1955
Place of birth	Taipei, Taiwan
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