Cynthia Wu

Cynthia Wu was born in the United States on 18 May 1978, and attended Taipei American School, Wellesley College and The Courtauld Institute of Art.[1] She is the eldest daughter of Eugene Wu and his wife Hsu Hsien-hsien.[2] Her maternal grandfather is banker and politician Hsu Sheng-fa.[3] Cynthia Wu's younger sister is Wu Hsin-ju,[4][5] and her younger brother is Wu Yi-tung.[6][7] While living in the United Kingdom, Wu worked for Merrill Lynch in London.[8] After returning to Taiwan, Wu was an executive at Shin Kong Life Insurance, a division of the Shin Kong Group, which was founded by her paternal grandfather Wu Ho-su.[9] Her uncles Eric and Thomas Wu are also business executives, and Eric Wu had previously served on the Legislative Yuan.

Cynthia Wu married Tommy Lin, an executive at Hua Nan Securities, in 2010.[10] In September 2013, Wu noticed that Lin, who suspected her of infidelity, had installed a GPS tracking unit in her car, and subsequently filed for divorce.[11][12] Lin was acquitted in the first ruling, and the divorce was not granted.[13][14] Although a second ruling in 2019 granted the divorce, Wu stated that the decision would deny her the experience of motherhood, as embryos that had been artificially inseminated during her marriage to Lin would be destroyed.[15]

Wu married Renaud van der Elst in 2022,[16] and she gave birth to their son on February 9, 2023.[17]

While residing in the UK, Cynthia Wu was an assistant to Conservative Party politician Peter Lilley.[8] She was ranked seventh on the Taiwan People's Party list prior to the 2020 Taiwanese legislative election.[18] After the resignation of Tsai Pi-ru, Wu was appointed to the 10th Legislative Yuan on 2 November 2022.[19]