K.C. Liu
Taipei, Taiwan
Bachelor of Engineering, National Chiao Tung University
Taiwan
manufacturing, Self Made
$1,500,000,000
1717
#1717 Billionaires 2019
#33 Taiwan's 50 Richest 2018
Liu Ko-chen, also known as K.C. Liu, is chairman and CEO of industrial-automation-equipment and software supplier Advantech.Liu co-founded Advantech in 1983 at age 29 with two colleagues from HP Taiwan.Advantech also makes industrial computers; in recent years it has expanded to provide Internet-of-things intelligent systems and cloud solutions.Liu's wife, Mary Chang, holds a large stake in the company.
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.
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