Rank #1852
K.C. Liu
Net worth $2.3B
Manufacturing · Taiwan
- Born
- Mar 20, 1954
- Age
- 72
- Source
- Manufacturing
- Residence
- Taipei
- Citizenship
- Taiwan
- Marital status
- Married
- Children
- 2
- Education
- Bachelor of Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Liu Ko-chen, also known as K.C. Liu, is the chairman of Advantech, a supplier of industrial computing devices and software.
- Liu cofounded Advantech in 1983 at age 29 with two colleagues from HP Taiwan.
- Advantech is the world's largest industrial PC maker with a 41% market share.
- Liu's sons, Wesley and Tony, sit on the board.
- An avid reader of management books, Liu enjoys sharing books with staff, including Built to Last and Blue Ocean Strategy.
- Before Advantech he was an R&D engineer and later a sales engineer for HP Taiwan in the Instrument Department.
Financial assets
| Exchange | Ticker | Shares | Price |
|---|