Justin Yifu Lin

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Full Name	Justin Yifu Lin
Date Of Birth	Oct 15, 1952(1952-10-15)
Age	72
Birthplace	Yilan County
Country	Taiwan
Horoscope	Libra

Justin Yifu Lin Biography

Justin Yifu Lin is one of the most popular and richest Economist who was born on October 15, 1952 in Yilan County, Taiwan. Lin was born on October 15, 1952. He was born in Yilan County, Taiwan, as “Lin Zhengyi”. Lin went to high school at National Yilan Senior High School. The year was 1971 when he was accepted at the University of Taiwan’s College of agriculture to study agricultural machinery within the agricultural engineering department. Pillsbury remembers Lin as the President of the Student Body in the year 1971 while he was enrolled in Chinese in the same institution. While undergoing military training in the year 1971, Lin was interested in joining the military instead of returning at the school. He was transferred onto the Republic of China Military Academy and graduated from the 44th class in the year 1975.

Lin earned a master’s degree in political economics from Peking University in 1982, as well as a PhD on economics, from the University of Chicago in 1986.

He received an Honorary Doctorate from Fordham in 2009 and was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 2010. His 2012 book, The Quest for Prosperity: How Developing Economies Can Take Off, argued for an active role for government in nurturing development, not just through the traditional provision of infrastructure and legal enforcement, but also by identifying and actively supporting industries that contribute to growth.

Lin is an ex- Taiwanese army officer, who escaped in Mainland China in 1979 to pursue his goals. Lin was able to transition from being a soldier into an economist at the time he began learning about economics and finance at Peking University. He then was able to complete the Ph.D from the University of Chicago. After completing his dissertation at the doctoral level, he went back to Beijing and was appointed an academic of economics at Peking University, founded the China Center for Economic Research (which was later upgraded into the National School of Development) and was appointed Chief Economist and then Senior Vice President at the World Bank where he served between 2008 and 2012. Following that his return to Beijing and continued his studies in Peking University.

Justin Yifu Lin Net Worth

Justin Yifu Lin is one of the richest Economist from Taiwan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Justin Yifu Lin 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Justin Yifu Lin (Chinese: Lin Yi Fu ; pinyin: Lin Yifu ), born on the 15th of October 1952 located in Yilan County, Taiwan, as Zhengyi Lin, (simplified Chinese: Lin Zheng Yi ; traditional Chinese: Lin Zheng Yi Pinyin: Lin Zhengyi ) is a Chinese economist.

In the year 1976, Lin joined Lin enrolled in MBA programme within the National Chengchi University in Taiwan on a defense-related scholarship. He returned to the military after getting an MBA from the university in. As an officer of the Republic of China Army in Taiwan and later defected in Mainland China on May 17 1979, leaving an island called Kinmen near the shores of Fujian to the adjacent Island of Xiamen in Mainland China. Lin left his wife who was pregnant and their three-year-old son in Taiwan one year after his departure and became “missing” by the ROC Army, and his wife was awarded an equivalent of $31,000 in government funds. The couple and their children joined him later on when they both were able to attend university within their native United States. As serving as an officer with the ROC Army, Lin was held up as a model soldier. after his departure in the ROC, the ROC initially declared him missing. However, in 2000, they issued an order to detain him for defection.

On September 16, 2008, Fordham University honored Justin Yifu Lin a reception for his being chief economist and senior vice president of the World Bank.

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Justin Ranked on the list of most popular Economist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Taiwan. Justin Yifu Lin celebrates birthday on October 15 of every year.