Rank #180
Terry Gou
Net worth $16.2B
Electronics · Taiwan
- Born
- Oct 18, 1950
- Age
- 75
- Source
- Electronics
- Residence
- Taipei
- Citizenship
- Taiwan
- Marital status
- Widowed, Remarried
- Children
- 5
- Education
- Taipei University of Marine Technology
Net worth over time
Biography
- Terry Gou is the founder of Hon Hai Precision, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer with over 40% market share, whose top customers include Apple.
- He stepped down as the firm's chairman in 2019, after 45 years at the helm; he remains at the firm as a director.
- Better known by its trade name, Foxconn, Hon Hai employs 900,000 people during peak season.
- The company bought Japanese electronics maker Sharp and Nokia's mobile phone brand in 2016.
- In 2019, he withdrew his bid to run for the 2020 presidential election, a few months after announcing his intention. Four years later he entered and withdrew from the race for a second time.
- Gou founded the business in 1974 with $7,500 and a belief that electronics products "would be an integral part of everyday life."
- Gou met with then-President Donald Trump in 2017 to discuss investing in the U.S., and Trump attended the ground-breaking for a factory in Wisconsin in 2018.
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