Andre Koo Jr., a fifth-generation scion of the Taiwan dynasty behind Chailease Holding Co. and other companies, recently formed K8 Capital in New York as a hybrid private credit and venture ...

Koo Jr.’s grandfather, Jeffrey Koo Sr., who died in 2012 at age 79, was dubbed Taiwan’s “father of the credit card” and served as an adviser to three of its presidents. “My role in this ...