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Taiwan’s dominance in semiconductors is no longer just reshaping global technology supply chains – it is also redrawing the island’s financial landscape, as international banks move to capture the wealth being created across the chip ecosystem.
From first-generation chip entrepreneurs setting up family offices to retail investors pouring money into exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the capital generated by Taiwan’s technology boom is spreading across multiple layers of the economy.
Global lenders are responding by sharpening their strategies, each targeting a different slice of that expanding wealth pool.
At the private banking end, BNP Paribas is positioning itself as a long-term partner to newly wealthy entrepreneurs navigating the transition from concentrated equity holdings to globally diversified portfolios.
“First-generation technology and semiconductor-linked entrepreneurs are becoming a larger component of new UHNW [ultra high net worth] formation in Taiwan, alongside long-established wealth from trading, traditional manufacturing, and real estate,” said Arnaud Tellier, Asia-Pacific CEO at BNP Paribas Wealth Management.
