Early Life
Dan Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan, the son of an executive in the international food industry. He spent much of his childhood in Hong Kong, where his father worked, before moving to the United States at the age of five.
After moving to the U.S., Lin's family settled in Los Angeles, California. Growing up in an immigrant family, their sole language of communication at home was Mandarin Chinese. Therefore, he started learning English through watching television and movies, and this would cultivate his interests in movies and films. As with many first generation immigrants, his parents had nurtured hopes that he would become a doctor. He was accepted into medical school at the University of Pennsylvania but decided to forgo a career in medicine and instead pursue his interests in movies and films.
In 1994, Lin received his undergraduate education at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and in 1999, earned a M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Lin is the first cousin of Taiwanese American singers Stanley Huang and Jeffrey Huang of Taiwanese hip hop group Machi.
Lin is married to Sophia Hirokawa Lin, a Japanese American, and has two sons.
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