Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Joe Tsai immigrated to the US at the age of thirteen. The owner of the Brooklyn Nets, Paul C. Tsai, is a second-generation lawyer who followed in his father’s legal career. After graduating from Yale University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and East Asian studies, Joe enrolled in the Yale Law School’s J.D. program.
Tsai passed the New York Bar exam and was admitted to the bar in 1991. Five years later, he married fellow Stanford alumna Clara Wu. At the time, Clara worked for American Express Travel Related Services. Clara and her spouse are involved in several philanthropic activities, such as founding the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation. The three kids of the marriage, Alex, Dash, and Jacob, carry on the lacrosse-playing family legacy. Joe, a former lacrosse player, and his daughter were in one of the videos on a YouTube channel.
