Chiang Wan-an Net Worth

Background and career

Chiang Wan-an (Chinese: 蔣萬安; pinyin: Jiǎng Wàn'ān; born Chang Wan-an; 26 December 1978), also known by his English name Wayne Chiang, is a Taiwanese politician and lawyer who has served as the 14th mayor of Taipei since 2022. A member of the Kuomintang (KMT), he is the youngest mayor in the history of the office.

Born and raised in Taipei, Chiang is the son of Kuomintang politician Chiang Hsiao-yen and is considered a great-grandson of Chiang Kai-shek. After graduating from National Chengchi University, he earned his master's degree in law and Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 and 2006, respectively. He then worked as a corporate lawyer in Silicon Valley and founded his own law firm. He resigned from his law practice in 2015 in order to run for office in Taiwan.

In the 2016 Taiwanese legislative election, Chiang won a seat representing Taipei City Constituency 3 in the Legislative Yuan, and was re-elected to the seat in 2020 for a second term. In the 2022 Taiwanese local elections, Chiang ran for the Taipei mayoralty, defeating former health minister Chen Shih-chung and former deputy mayor Huang Shan-shan. He assumed office on 25 December 2022 at age 43.