Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao, a titan of the shipping industry and sister-in-law of Senator Mitch McConnell, has died in a car accident, the company said. She was 50.
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ELAINE Chao s father, James S.C. Chao, is a Chinese-American entrepreneur who founded the Foremost Group, a shipping, trading and finance enterprise based in New York.
While it s his son-in-law, Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell, who gets the most airtime, Elaine hails from an immensely wealthy family, with her father owing his self-made fortune to business links both in the U.S. and in China.
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Elaine Chao, former U.S. secretary of transportation, right, and her father James Chao arrive at a state dinner in 2015Credit: Getty Images - Getty
Who is Elaine Chao’s father James S. C. Chao?