Morris Chang
$7.0B
Born
Jul 10, 1931
Age
94
Source of Wealth
Semiconductors
Residence
Hsinchu,
Citizenship
Taiwan
Marital Status
Married
Children
1
Education
Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D, Stanford University
- Morris Chang founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors. He retired from the chairman's post in 2018.
- Chang worked for a quarter-century at Texas Instruments and then joined the Taiwan research body that spun off TSMC.
- TSMC customers include Apple, Nvidia and Qualcomm.
- TSMC is building a $65 billion site with three chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona. The first plant began production in 2024 and the second for more advanced chips will come onstream in 2028.
- In 2023 TSMC also announced its plan to build a factory in Dresden, Germany, its first in Europe. The company committed $3.8 billion for a 70% stake in the joint venture.
- His degrees from MIT are in mechanical engineering and his Ph.D. from Stanford is in electrical engineering.
- Chang founded TSMC in 1987; a decade later the company became the first Taiwanese firm to trade on the New York Stock Exchange.
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