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Chen Wen-ch'i
陈文琦
Born (1955-11-16) November 16, 1955 (age 69)
CitizenshipTaiwan
United States
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS, MS)
California Institute of Technology (MS)
OccupationEntrepreneur
TitleCEO of VIA Technologies
SpouseCher Wang
Chen Wen-ch'i
Traditional Chinese陳文琦
Simplified Chinese陈文琦
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Tongyong PinyinChén Wénqí

Chen Wen-ch'i (Chinese: 陈文琦; pinyin: Chén Wénqí, born (1955-11-16)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. 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. Forbes estimated his net worth to be around US$850 million in May 2016.

References

  1. LaPedus, Mark (October 30, 1995). "Winbond Plays It Out With Symphony". Electronic Buyers' News. CMP Publications: 3 – via ProQuest.
  2. "Taiwan's Richest: #5 Cher Wang & Wen Chi Chen". Forbes. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
  3. "Chen Wenchi & Wang Cher". Forbes.

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