Yau-Man Chan Net Worth
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Updated on January 14, 2026
Yau-Man Chan net worth is
$1.3 Million
Yau-Man Chan Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Yau-Man Chan (born August 26, 1952) is a Malaysian-American table tennis player, technology executive, and reality television participant. He was the fourth place finisher in the reality television series Survivor: Fiji. He returned to the show in Survivor: Micronesia, where he was the third contestant to be ousted. He was born in Hong Kong to ethnic Chinese parents and raised in Sabah, North Borneo, Malaysia.He retired from University of California, Berkeley in June 2013. He was the Chief Technology Officer for Computing Services, Network Services, and Telecommunications at the College of Chemistry. He is also a champion table tennis player. Chan was also the 2005-06 Northern California Division Director for the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association. He has a Bachelor of Science (physics) from MIT and a Masters in scientific instrumentation from UC Santa Barbara in 1977.In the polling at the official Survivor website, Chan was voted as being the favorite survivor of the Fiji season, with a 65.5% popularity rating. The second-most-popular, Earl Cole, only had 10%. | Net Worth | $1.3 Million |
| Date Of Birth | August 26, 1952 |
| Place Of Birth | Malaysia |
| Occupation | Technology executive |
| Profession | American table tennis player and businessman |
| Residence | Martinez, California, United States |
| Spouse | Jennifer Chan |
| Nicknames | Yau-Man Chan, Chan, Yau-Man |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He explained to one of his tribe-mates on Survivor (2000) that he grew up on the island of Borneo and therefore knew about island survival. Coincidentally, Borneo is where the first season of Survivor (2000) took place. |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reality Obsessed | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| Survivor | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Himself - Ravu Tribe / Himself - Bula Bula Tribe / Himself / ... |
Archive Footage
Known for movies
Survivor 2007-2008
as Himself - Ravu Tribe / Himself - Bula Bula Tribe /
Reality Obsessed 2008
as Himself
