- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles B. Wang
- Charles Wang was born on August 19, 1944 in Shanghai, China. He was married to Ingrid S. Wang and 'Nancy Li. He died on October 21, 2018 in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, USA.
- SpousesIngrid S. Wang (divorced, 1 child)'Nancy Li(? - October 21, 2018) (his death, 2 children)
- He financial supported such causes as Smile Train (of which he was co-founder), the World Childhood Foundation, the Plainview Chinese Cultural Center and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, among others.
- Donated $52 million for a cultural center on the Stony Brook University campus to celebrate the links between Asian and American culture. It was named the Charles B. Wang Center in his honor.
- His father was a Supreme Court judge in the Republic of China. In the closing years of the Chinese Civil War which saw the Nationalist government flee to Taiwan, the Wang family (father, mother and 3 boys) moved to Queens, New York, when he was eight years old.
- Co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc. (later renamed to CA Technologies).
- Authored two books to help executives master technology: Techno Vision (1994, McGraw-Hill) and Techno Vision II (1997, McGraw-Hill). His third book, and "Wok Like A Man," was a cookbook of his personal Chinese food recipes.
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content