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Chang Kuo-wei

Founder and chairman, STARLUX Airlines

STARLUX Airlines founder and chairman Chang Kuo-wei speaking at a lectern marked with the carrier’s star

Transpacific People

Chang Kuo-wei Still Flies the Airline He Built

The youngest son of Evergreen’s founder lost the family airline, then built STARLUX. The company is listed now. He is still the one who flies the new jets home.

8 min · Aug 17, 2026

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