（宋子文）T.V. Soong (1894-1971)

Occupation: Financier, government official

职业： 金融家 ， 政府官员

Source of wealth: Banking, fraud

财富来源： 银行业， 欺诈行为

Assets: Blue-chip stocks, cash

资产： 蓝筹股 ，现金

Claim to fame: Used Chinese treasury to invest in General Motors Corp.

成名原因： 用中国财政库的资金投资美国通用汽车公司

An official of the ChineseNationalist Government from 1927 to 1949, Soong was said to be therichest man in the world during the 1940s. If not the wealthiest, hewas surely one of the most powerful. The son of a prominent Methodistindustrialist, Soong graduated from Harvard University and quickly rosein the financial world as a banker. In 1923, he financed theNationalist party of Sun Yat-sen, his brother-in-law. Soong establishedthe Central Bank of China, which became the government treasury in 1924when Soong was appointed the minister of finance. In 1927, ChiangKai-shek -- Sun Yat-sen's rival and Soong's other brother-in-law --rose to power, and Soong served as his finance minister. He wasappointed minister of foreign affairs in 1942, and became a master atmustering Washington's support for China. Using his easy access to theChinese treasury, he made large personal investments in foreign stock,including holdings in General Motors Corp. and DuPont Co. A wartimedossier on Soong states that he "started out his public career withrather limited resources and [by January 1943] had amassed over $70million" (worth about $660 million in today's dollars). When theSoviets captured mainland China in 1949, Soong moved to San Francisco,where he kept a lower profile.

从1927—1949作为国民党政府官员，宋子文被认为是40年代时期世界上最富有的男人。如果不是最有钱，他也当然被认为是最有权利的人。作为一个有功效的企业家之子，宋子文从哈佛毕业之后迅速成为一名银行家进入金融行业。在1923年，他给姐夫孙中山的民族组织提供经费。他创立了中央银行，后来在1924年他被任命为财政大臣后成为了国库。在1927年，蒋介石--孙中山的竞争对手，宋子文的另一个妹夫，变的有权利起来。宋子文成为他的财政部长。在1942年被任命为外交部大臣,成为华盛顿集团在中国的雇主。使用他在中国财政部的权利，把他大部分的个人财产投资到外国的股票,包括持有世界通用汽车和多特公司的股票