Dunson Cheng

Chairman at CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP

Net worth: 46 M $ as of 2026-06-29

81 year

34 connections

Finance

Consumer Services

Producer Manufacturing

Profile

Dr. Dunson K.
Cheng is a President & Trustee at Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust, an Executive Chairman at Cathay General Bancorp and an Executive Chairman at Cathay Bank (California).
He is on the Board of Directors at Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust, DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc., Path Achieve Glendale and Tsinghua Education Foundation (North America), Inc. Dr. Cheng was previously employed as a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by The Cathay Bank Foundation and a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by Cathay Investment Co. He also served on the board at California Bankers Association.
He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin and a doctorate degree from New York University.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP 1.1%	2026-06-25	734,560 ( 1.1% )	46 M $	2026-06-29

Dunson Cheng active positions

Companies	Position	Start
CATHAY GENERAL BANCORP	Chairman	1993-12-31
DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Manufactures optical components, modules, and test instruments	Director/Board Member	2002-02-28
Cathay Bank (California) Cathay Bank (California) Regional BanksFinance Provides state chartered commercial banking services	Chairman	1981-12-31
Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT	President	2003-01-31
Path Achieve Glendale	Director/Board Member	2010-05-03
Tsinghua Education Foundation (North America), Inc. Tsinghua Education Foundation (North America), Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Director/Board Member	-

All active positions of Dunson Cheng

Former positions of Dunson Cheng

Companies	Position	End
Cathay Investment Co.	Chairman	2006-12-31
The Cathay Bank Foundation	Chairman	2005-02-28
California Bankers Association California Bankers Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides legislative advocacy and regulatory advocacy to the banking industry	Director/Board Member	-

See the detail of Dunson Cheng's experience

Training of Dunson Cheng

Experiences
Positions held

Active

Inactive

Listed companies

Private companies

See the detail of Dunson Cheng's experience

Connections

1st degree connections

1st degree companies

Male

Female

Members of the board

Executives

See the personal network

Linked companies

Private companies	11
Cathay General Bancorp Cathay General Bancorp Regional BanksFinance Operates as a bank holding company whose subsidiary provides state-chartered commercial banking services	Finance
DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. DiCon Fiberoptics, Inc. Electrical ProductsProducer Manufacturing Manufactures optical components, modules, and test instruments	Producer Manufacturing
California Bankers Association California Bankers Association Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Provides legislative advocacy and regulatory advocacy to the banking industry	Commercial Services
New York University New York University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
University of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Cathay Bank (California) Cathay Bank (California) Regional BanksFinance Provides state chartered commercial banking services	Finance
Cathay Investment Co.
Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust Cathay Real Estate Investment Trust Real Estate Investment TrustsFinance Real Estate Investment Trust/REIT	Finance
The Cathay Bank Foundation
Path Achieve Glendale
Tsinghua Education Foundation (North America), Inc. Tsinghua Education Foundation (North America), Inc. Investment Trusts/Mutual FundsMiscellaneous Functions as a foundation or endowment	Miscellaneous