14 Facts About Ann Kao

Ann Kao Hung-an is a Taiwanese business executive, engineer, and politician.

Ann Kao worked for Foxconn until 2020, when she was elected to the Legislative Yuan as a member of the Taiwan People's Party.

Partway through her legislative term, Kao was elected Mayor of Hsinchu during the 2022 local election cycle.

On 26 July 2024, Ann Kao was removed from office and withdrew from the TPP due to corruption allegations.

Ann Kao completed a bachelor's degree in information and computer education at National Taiwan Normal University before earning a master's degree from the Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering at National Taiwan University.

Ann Kao then pursued graduate studies in the United States and earned a Ph.

Immediately prior to running for political office, Ann Kao worked closely with Terry Gou as vice president of Foxconn's Industrial Big Data Office.

In February 2020, Ann Kao was appointed head of party affairs in the city of Taichung, and the counties of Changhua and Nantou.

Ann Kao filed a defamation lawsuit against Mirror Media for publishing the allegations.

On 25 October 2022, the III sued Ann Kao, claiming that she had used copyrighted information in her doctoral thesis.

Separately, Lin Keng-jen accused Ann Kao of violating the Anti-Corruption Act.

Lin questioned whether Ann Kao had fraudulently hired her alleged partner.

Ann Kao denied the allegations, and said that the indictment was politically motivated.

Ann Kao said that the ruling was unprecedented when compared to similar cases in the past decade.