Founder David Chang was the general manager of
Goldman Sachs Taipei Branch and served as a consultant to Fubon Financial Holdings after retirement. Publisher is a professor at
Shih Hsin University. The start-up capital of The Storm Media, NT$60 million, was all Chang's personal investment. The editorial team comes from the
China Times newspaper group and
Next Magazine. The Storm Media has cooperated with many media outlets in Taiwan and has signed contracts with overseas news media such as
BBC Chinese,
Asahi Shimbun Chinese,
Deutsche Welle,
Xinhua News Agency, and
The Wall Street Journal to become long-term content partners. In April 2017, The Storm Media announced the acquisition of '''' and Taiwan Indicator Survey Research. == Blockage ==