Morris Chang
Morris Chang is the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry, established in 1987. He served as TSMC's CEO from 1987 to 2005 and again from 2009 to 2013, and as chairman until his retirement in 2018. He is best known for pioneering the foundry business model, in which a company manufactures chips designed by other firms, which enabled the rise of the fabless semiconductor industry. He holds BS and MS degrees in mechanical engineering from MIT and a PhD in electrical engineering from Stanford University.
“Morris Chang is a one of one. On the Mount Rushmore, in my mind, of the greatest and most impactful tech executives of all time. The entire fabless model is so critical to what tech is and what it does. And also just the guts to do that at that time.”
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