After Barbie Hsu’s passing, the question of who will inherit her wealth has become a hot topic. Besides her husband Koo Jun-yup and her two children, the battle over the actress’s 75 million USD fortune also involves her mother, Huang Chunmei, her younger sister, Dee Hsu, her ex-husband Wang Xiaofei, and her former mother-in-law, Zhang Lan.
In fact, previously on February 13, the inheritance battle was believed to have officially begun when Barbie Hsu’s mother declared war on her ex-son-in-law Wang Xiaofei and Zhang Lan.
While Barbie Hsu’s family and her former in-laws are locked in a fierce conflict, netizens have noticed the absence of two key figures from this inheritance dispute: Barbie Hsu’s biological father and her older sister. According to the law, both of them are in the line of inheritance, following Koo Jun-yup and Barbie Hsu’s two children. So, where are they?
Barbie Hsu’s Father
Barbie Hsu’s father, Hsu Chien, was born in 1953 into a middle-class family with a silver business tradition. From a young age, Barbie Hsu and her sisters suffered neglect from their father, who held patriarchal views and favored sons. He had wished for a son, but his wife gave birth to three daughters instead.
In 2008, Hsu Chien and Huang Chunmei divorced. According to media outlet 163, it was Barbie Hsu who persuaded her mother to leave her abusive husband. Despite their parents’ separation, Barbie Hsu and her sisters remained filial, visiting their father every month and providing him with a living allowance of 100,000 TWD (approx. $3,000).
At the beginning of 2009, Hsu Chien fell into massive gambling debt, owing millions of TWD. He was held captive by loan sharks, and Barbie Hsu and her sisters pooled their money to pay off his debt and rescue both him and his girlfriend.
Although Barbie Hsu endured a difficult childhood due to her father’s gambling addiction, domestic violence, and disregard for daughters, she still showed respect for him. Every Father’s Day, she would publicly send him greetings on social media. During her wedding to Wang Xiaofei in 2011, she even had her father walk her down the aisle. In 2012, Hsu Chien passed away due to illness.
Because Hsu Chien led a private life and rarely appeared with his children, and since Barbie Hsu and Dee Hsu did not mention him in the media as often as they did their mother, little is known about him. Since he has passed away, he is not listed as an heir to Barbie Hsu’s fortune. This means that her mother, Huang Chunmei, is the sole inheritor in the parental level.
Barbie Hsu’s Older Sister
The public has long been aware that Barbie Hsu has a younger sister, the well-known MC Dee Hsu. However, few people know that she also has an older sister named Hsu Si-hsien. Hsu Si-hsien reportedly grew up as a sensitive and introverted person, affected by the emotional trauma of being unloved by her father and the constant family conflicts. Due to her personality, she rarely appeared with her two celebrity sisters.
Despite this, Hsu Si-hsien has always loved and supported her younger siblings, often taking on family responsibilities. When their father’s gambling debts pushed the family into a financial crisis, she did not cry or complain. Instead, she took her two younger sisters—who were still children at the time—from house to house asking relatives for financial help to repay the debt. Later, when Barbie Hsu gave birth and faced health issues, she actively helped take care of her nieces and nephews.
According to sources close to the family, Barbie Hsu once bought a shop for her older sister so she could run a business and earn an independent income. Wang Xiaofei, Barbie Hsu’s ex-husband, reportedly held great respect for Hsu Si-hsien. While he lashed out at Barbie Hsu’s mother and even her younger sister, Dee Hsu, during their public disputes, he never directed any insults toward Hsu Si-hsien.
Throughout all the public family dramas that have made headlines, Hsu Si-hsien has remained silent. The same goes for the inheritance battle—unlike her mother and sister Dee Hsu, she has not expressed any stance or taken part in the dispute. According to sources, she and her husband have no intention of fighting for Barbie Hsu’s assets and prefer to let the matter be resolved according to the law.