Chen Wen-ch'i | |
Birth Date: | 16 November 1955 |
Citizenship: | Taiwan United States |
Known For: | Contributions to VIA |
Education: | California Institute of Technology |
Alma Mater: | National Taiwan University and California Institute of Technology |
Employer: | VIA Technologies |
Occupation: | Entrepreneur |
Spouse: | Cher Wang |
T: | 陳文琦 |
S: | 陈文琦 |
Tp: | Chén Wénqí |
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Chen Wen-ch'i (born) 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.[1] 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.[2] Forbes estimated his net worth to be around in May 2016.[3]