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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Shipping |
| Founded | 1964 |
| Founders | James S. C. Chao |
| Headquarters | New York City |
| Website | www |
Foremost Group is a privately held American shipping company, headquartered in New York City.[1][2][3][4] It operates globally, chartering vessels to companies in the dry bulk shipping industry.[3] Its clients include Bunge (St. Louis, MO), Cargill (Minnetonka, MN), Dreyfus (Rotterdam), MOL (Tokyo) and NYK Line (Tokyo).[3] Foremost Group was founded in 1964 by businessman James Si-Cheng Chao and his wife Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, who each immigrated to the United States from China by way of Taiwan.[5][6] Its chair and CEO from 2018 to 2024 was Angela Chao, the sixth daughter of the company's founders and the third of their children born in the United States.[7][8][3]
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