King Liu (2 July 1934 – 16 February 2026) was a Taiwanese businessman who was the founder of bicycle manufacturer Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
Liu was born in central Taiwan on 2 July 1934. He worked for his father’s trading and food manufacturing business for some time, and later invested in the logistics and aquaculture industries, namely trucking, importing fish feed, and eel farming. After a series of failure, he decided to found Giant in 1972.[1]
Liu was not a cyclist himself before founding Giant,[2] although he did ride bicycles to work in the early years of the company.[3] In 2007, at age 73, he rode around Taiwan on a bicycle,[4] and at age 75 he rode from Beijing to Shanghai.[5]
Liu was a major participant in the creation of Taiwan's