Vivian Shun-wen Wu

Vivian Shun-wen Wu (Chinese name: 吳舜文; December 5, 1913 – August 9, 2008), born in Changzhou of the Jiangsu Province of China, was a businesswoman. She was the former chairwoman of Yulon Motor, a Taiwan-based automaker which is currently known for building automobiles under the brand of Nissan. And Wu also once acted as the chairwoman of Tai Yuen Textile, a textile producer, and China Motor, another automaker that under the brand of Mitsubishi Motors.

Wu's father Wu Ching-yuen was a businessman of textile industry. She graduated from the Saint John's University, Shanghai, and received her master's degree at the Columbia University. Her husband Yen Ching-ling, who moved to Taiwan with Wu in 1948, was the founder of Yulon. Their only son is Kenneth K. T. Yen, the current CEO of Yulon Group, a corporation which holds the Yulon Motor, Tai Yuen Textile, China motor, and other subsidiary companies. Wu died in Taipei on August 9, 2008. [cite news |first= |last= |title=Motor sector ‘Iron Lady’ Wu passes on at age 95 |url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2008/08/11/2003419947 |work=Taipei Times |publisher= |date=2008-08-11 |accessdate=2008-08-12 ]

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