Sixteen Taiwanese entrepreneurs have been included in this year's list of the 40 richest people in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau compiled by Forbes magazine.
Top of the list is Li Ka-shing (
The highest-ranked Taiwanese entrepreneur on the list is Lin Yuan Group (霖園集團) chairman Tsai Hong-tu (蔡宏圖, US$5.9 billion), who took fifth place. Lin is followed by Formosa Plastics Group (台塑集團) chairman Wang Yung-ching (
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海科技) chairman Terry Gou (郭台銘, US$4.4 billion) placed eighth, while Fubon Group (富邦集團) chairman Tsai Wan-tsai (蔡萬才, US$3.1 billion) took the No. 12 spot.
They are followed by Via Technologies Inc (
Also on the list are Wei Ying-chou (魏應洲, US$1.7 billion), founder of the Master Kong (康師傅) instant noodle brand, Quanta Computer Inc (廣達電腦) chairman Barry Lam (
Rounding out the list are Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc (
Application-specific integrated circuit designer Faraday Technology Corp (智原) yesterday said that although revenue this quarter would decline 30 percent from last quarter, it retained its full-year forecast of revenue growth of 100 percent. The company attributed the quarterly drop to a slowdown in customers’ production of chips using Faraday’s advanced packaging technology. The company is still confident about its revenue growth this year, given its strong “design-win” — or the projects it won to help customers design their chips, Faraday president Steve Wang (王國雍) told an online earnings conference. “The design-win this year is better than we expected. We believe we will win
Intel Corp chief executive officer Lip-Bu Tan (陳立武) is expected to meet with Taiwanese suppliers next month in conjunction with the opening of the Computex Taipei trade show, supply chain sources said on Monday. The visit, the first for Tan to Taiwan since assuming his new post last month, would be aimed at enhancing Intel’s ties with suppliers in Taiwan as he attempts to help turn around the struggling US chipmaker, the sources said. Tan is to hold a banquet to celebrate Intel’s 40-year presence in Taiwan before Computex opens on May 20 and invite dozens of Taiwanese suppliers to exchange views
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While China’s leaders use their economic and political might to fight US President Donald Trump’s trade war “to the end,” its army of social media soldiers are embarking on a more humorous campaign online. Trump’s tariff blitz has seen Washington and Beijing impose eye-watering duties on imports from the other, fanning a standoff between the economic superpowers that has sparked global recession fears and sent markets into a tailspin. Trump says his policy is a response to years of being “ripped off” by other countries and aims to bring manufacturing to the US, forcing companies to employ US workers. However, China’s online warriors
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