王永庆

在王永庆台湾领先石化集团台塑（FormosaPlastics）的创办人兼董事长的10个子女中，王雪红最初并不是最有可能在商界发展的人。

Of the 10 children of Mr Wang , the founder and chairman of Formosa Plastics , Taiwan 's leading petrochemicals group , Ms Wang was not initially the likeliest to have a career in business .

王永庆不仅始终在董事会保持着严格的制度，在家里同样如此。

Wang always kept a strict regime not only in the boardroom but also at home .

但除了与大陆的联系之外，王永庆在许多方面都是台湾最卓越的企业家。

But Wang was a Taiwanese entrepreneur par excellence in many respects apart from the China link .

这肯定会让家人感到难以相处，却让王永庆赢得了许多至少在理论上信奉传统家庭价值观念的台湾人的爱戴。

Difficult as this must have been for the family , it endears Wang to many Taiwanese who still embrace conservative family values at least in theory .

王永庆1917年出生在台湾北部农村，父母都是不识字的茶商。当时台湾还是日本的殖民地。王永庆很快就显示出敏锐的商业头脑。

Born to illiterate tea traders in rural Northern Taiwan in 1917 when the island was still a Japanese colony , Wang soon showed a keen sense for business .

只有小学文化程度的王永庆14岁离家到台湾南部嘉义市的一家米店做学徒。

With no more than an elementary school education , the young man left home at the age of 14 to work at a rice shop in the southern city of Chiayi .

王永庆之所以能够成功，不仅在于历史的机遇，更在于他独特的眼光、过人的胆识、坚忍不拔的毅力和勇往直前的精神。

The reason that Wang yongqing succeeds is not only historical opportunity , but also his unique eyes , remarkable courage and insight , firm and indomitable willpower and the spirit of advancing bravely .

根据台塑高层的描述，正是王永庆的极度节俭、灵活、家长式的管理风格和坚忍不拔的作风，帮助他将一家简陋的零售店转变为一家国际企业。

The way the story is told by Formosa Group executives , it was his extreme thriftiness , flexibility , patriarchal style of management and stubborn solidity that helped him transform a humble retail stall into a global player .