Rank #134
Pierre Chen
Net worth $20.9B
Electronics · Taiwan
- Born
- Sep 28, 1956
- Age
- 69
- Source
- Electronics
- Residence
- Taipei
- Citizenship
- Taiwan
- Marital status
- Divorced
- Children
- 3
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts/Science, National Cheng Kung University
Net worth over time
Biography
- Pierre Chen chairs Yageo, an electronics-component maker whose parts are found in everything from mobile phones to tablet PCs to cars.
- Chen started Yageo in 1977 and took the company public 16 years later.
- An avid art buyer, he has works by Gerhard Richter, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and Francis Bacon.
- In 2021 Yageo formed joint venture Xsemi with Taiwan's Hon Hai, better known as Foxconn, a world-leading contract electronics manufacturer, to develop semiconductor components.
- In January 2026, Yageo fully acquired Japan's thermistor manufacturer Shibaura Electronics for roughly $700 million.
- His mountain home has spectacular views of Taipei.
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