Chen Wen-ch'i
Taiwanese-American entrepreneur (born 1955)
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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.
Chen Wen-ch'i | |||||||
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| 陈文琦 | |||||||
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| Born | November 16, 1955 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||
| 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 graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree and master's degree in electrical engineering and earned a master's degree in computer science from the California Institute of Technology. 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.
In June 2008, 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]
