Richard Chang

Richard Chang (; born 1964) is a Taiwanese American businessman and retired basketball player who is the commissioner of the P. League+. After playing collegiate basketball for UC Berkeley and representing Taiwan in international basketball tournaments in the 1980s, he joined Costco and rose to the position of senior vice president and regional manager for Asia.

Early life and education Chang was born in Taiwan in 1964, and moved to Southern California at the age of four with his family. He grew up in Huntington Beach and attended Edison High School, where he was a forward on the school basketball team and a teammate of Rick DiBernardo. His senior year, Chang was named to the All-CIF 4A first team, which also included Jay Bilas and Kerry Boagni. He also joined the track and field team, where he set the school's junior varsity men's high jump record of 6'6" in 1980.

Basketball career Chang went on to the University of California, Berkeley on an NCAA scholarship from 1982 to 1986. He credits Golden Bears basketball coach Lou Campanelli for instilling a strong work ethic in him during those years. He was the only Taiwan-born Division I player at the time. In August 2015, Chang was promoted to senior vice president of Costco for the Asia region.

In November 2023, Chang was appointed the first commissioner of the P. League+.

Personal life Chang is involved with efforts to help local basketball players develop other careers after retirement. His Chinese-language self-help book Coaching Yourself was published in July 2017 by Reading Times. He enjoys swimming, and wakes up early most mornings to go to the pool before work.

Chang is married and has two sons. He is a cousin of physicist Stephen Hsu.

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