Elaine Chao was born in Taipei, Taiwan on March 26, 1953, and immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old. She is the eldest of six daughters of Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, a historian, and James S. C. Chao, who began his career as a merchant mariner and in** 1964 founded the shipping company Foremost Maritime Corporation in New York City which developed into the Foremost Group. In 1961, **
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Elaine Chao was born in Taipei, Taiwan on March 26, 1953, and immigrated to the United States when she was eight years old. She is the eldest of six daughters of Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, a historian, and James S. C. Chao, who began his career as a merchant mariner and in** 1964 founded the shipping company Foremost Maritime Corporation in New York City which developed into the Foremost Group. In 1961, **