James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. Chao and his wife established the Mulan Foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the U.S. and China access higher education.
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James Si-Cheng Chao is a Chinese-American entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is the founder of the Foremost Group, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. Chao and his wife established the Mulan Foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the U.S. and China access higher education and to promote U. S. -China cultural exchanges. Chao is the first winner of the Chinese American Academic and Professional Society Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2004, Chao was inducted into the International Maritime Hall of Fame at the United Nations in recognition of his long-standing service and dedication to the international maritime trading industry.
He was awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2008 and the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans in 2009. In 2010, the Museum of Chinese in America honored Chao with its inaugural Outstanding Achievement Award for the Chao Family; the first time ever such an honor has been awarded in its 130 years history.
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