{{Short description|Taiwanese-American Businessman}} {{Infobox person | name = Allen Chao | native_name = 趙宇天 | native_name_lang = Chinese | image = Dr-_Allen_Chao_2013-05-11_10-03.jpg <!-- just the filename, without the File: or Image: prefix or enclosing brackets --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = Shanghai, China | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} or {{Death-date and age|Month DD, YYYY|Month DD, YYYY}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | occupation = Founder of Watson Pharmaceuticals | alma_mater = Taipei Medical University (BS)<br>West Virginia University (MS)<br>Purdue University (PhD) | spouse = }}
'''Allen Y. Chao''' (born 1944) is a Taiwanese-American businessman who founded Watson Pharmaceuticals and was chief executive officer from 1984 to 2008, and chairman.
== Life and career == Born in Shanghai, he spent his childhood in Taiwan. Chao went to Taipei Medical College, where he graduated with a B.S. degree in pharmacy in 1967.<ref name="purdue">[http://testbed.nursing.purdue.edu/advancement/honors/distinguished/1995_chao.php Distinguished Alumni 1995: Allen Y. Chao] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507034133/http://testbed.nursing.purdue.edu/advancement/honors/distinguished/1995_chao.php |date=2016-05-07 }} – website of Purdue University</ref> After emigrating to the United States, Chao obtained an M.S. degree in Pharmaceutics from West Virginia University in 1970.<ref name="purdue" /> He subsequently received a Ph.D. degree in Industrial and Physical Pharmacy from Purdue University in 1973.<ref name="purdue" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://people.forbes.com/profile/allen-chao/101453 |title=Forbes profile |access-date=2017-08-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120507011551/http://people.forbes.com/profile/allen-chao/101453 |archive-date=2012-05-07 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Chao, along with other members of the Chao family, contributed to the establishment of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the H.H. Chao Comprehensive Digestive Disease Center at the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, California campus. Since their first gift to the university in 1995, Chao and his family have given nearly $30 million to the campus.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.uci.edu/2017/06/26/silent-partners-in-improving-o-c-healthcare/|title=Silent partners in improving O.C. healthcare|date=2017-06-26|work=UCI News|access-date=2018-08-28|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2005, Chao contributed to the establishment of The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy, located in the Purdue Research Park in Indiana, to provide leadership in pharmaceutical education, development and manufacturing. He is chairman and managing partner of Newport Healthcare Advisors LLC.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/feeds/afx/2008/05/12/afx4996342.html Forbes]{{dead link|date=January 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> He is also a trustee of the University of California, Irvine Foundation.
In May 2000, Chao received an honorary doctorate from Purdue University.<ref>[https://www.purdue.edu/uns/html3month/2000/000502.Hon.deg.long.html Purdue to award 22 honorary doctorates] - Purdue News, May 2, 2000</ref><ref>[http://www.impaxlabs.com/our_company/leadership#allen_chao Leadership] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402061946/http://www.impaxlabs.com/our_company/leadership#allen_chao |date=2016-04-02 }} – website of Impax Laboratories</ref>
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