Career
In June 2008, the magazine Forbes ranked him as the seventh richest of Taiwan, with a Netto worth of United States$2.7 billion. Lin fell to eighth on the same list in 2010, then slid to tenth in 2011. In November 2015, his fortune was valued at United States$3.9 billion.
Lin died at home in Taipei on November 28, 2015, from cardiopulmonary failure caused by a tumor.
