Stan Shih
Stan Shih is a Taiwanese businessman and engineer who co-founded Acer Inc. in 1976 under the name Multitech and served as its Chairman and CEO until his initial retirement in 2004. He currently serves as Honorary Chairman of the Acer Group and Chairman of the StanShih Foundation. He is best known for building Acer into a global PC powerhouse and for playing a major role in establishing Taiwan as a leader in PC design and manufacturing.
“Stan Shih (Acer), Amadeo Giannini (Bank of America), Larry Hillblom (DHL), George Eastman (Kodak), Fred Smith (FedEx), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Carlos Slim (América Móvil), Jorge Paulo Lemann (3G Capital), Aristotle Onassis (Olympic Maritime), Harland David Sanders (KFC), James Dyson, Lorenzo Zambrano (CEMEX), Jim Casey (UPS), Li Ka-Shing (CK Hutchison), Frank Lowy (Westfield), Alfred Krupp all lost parents in childhood or adolescence.”
Source→“"Stan Shih (Acer)... lost parents in childhood or adolescence."”
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