Chen Wen-ch'i
Chen Wen-ch'i | |
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| 陈文琦 | |
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| Born | November 16, 1955 |
| Citizenship | Taiwan United States |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS, MS) California Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Title | CEO of VIA Technologies |
| Spouse | Cher Wang |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳文琦 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈文琦 | ||||||
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Chen Wen-ch'i (Chinese: 陈文琦; pinyin: Chén Wénqí, born November 16, 1955) is a Taiwanese-American entrepreneur who has been president and CEO of VIA Technologies, Inc. since 1992.
Prior to VIA, Chen co-founded and was president and CEO of Symphony Laboratories, acquired by Winbond in 1995.[1] He also held positions of Sales & Marketing VP at high tech start-up ULSI and senior architect at Intel. Chen holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University and a masters in computer science from the California Institute of Technology.[citation needed]
In June 2008, The Forbes ranked him with his wife Cher Wang, the chairperson of HTC, as the fifth richest of Taiwan.[2] Forbes estimated his net worth to be around US$850 million in May 2016.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ LaPedus, Mark (October 30, 1995). "Winbond Plays It Out With Symphony". Electronic Buyers' News. CMP Publications: 3 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "Taiwan's Richest: #5 Cher Wang & Wen Chi Chen". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
- ^ "Chen Wenchi & Wang Cher". Forbes.
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