Chen Wen-ch'i | |
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Born | November 16, 1955 |
Citizenship | Taiwan United States |
Education | California Institute of Technology |
Alma mater | National Taiwan University and California Institute of Technology |
Occupation | Entrepreneur |
Employer | VIA Technologies |
Known for | Contributions to VIA |
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.
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
- ↑ 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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