She attributes her success to her husband, T. L. Yen (the pioneer of the domestic car industry), who laid the company's foundation. Wu and T. L. Yen both come from textile business families.
有人讚佩她為裕隆集團帶來新的風貌，她總要推崇她去世的丈夫﹘ ﹘台灣汽車製造業的先驅嚴慶齡。她常說：「是嚴先生為裕隆打下基礎，我現在來收成。」