Terry Gou (郭台銘, pinyin: Guō Táimíng, also TM Kou) is a Taiwanesetycoon. He owns about 30% of Hon Hai Precision, an Electronics Manufacturing Services company that makes the AirPort Express for Apple Computer, among other technology parts. This is an eight billion dollar company that Terry Gou founded with ten workers to make plastic parts for television sets. It has been suggested that Pinyin method be merged into this article or section. ... This article is about the history, geography, and people of the island known as Taiwan. ... A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, or industrialist is a person who controls a large portion of a particular industry and whose wealth derives primarily from this control. ... Foxconn (富士康) (SEHK: 2038)is the trade name of Taiwanese firm Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. ... Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) is term used for companies that design, test, manufacture, distribute and provide return/repair services for electronic component and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). ... An aerial view of Incheon International Airport, a large airport. ... Apple Inc. ...
According to Forbes magazine, he has a net worth of US$2.8 billion and is ranked 176th, equal with Wang Yung-ching, on its 2004 list of the world's richest people. Alternate meaning: For the Boston Brahmin family associated with John Forbes Kerry, see Forbes family. ... Wang Yung-ching (Traditional Chinese: 王永慶; pinyin: Wáng Yǒngqìng, born in Taiwan, 18 January 1917) is an influential entrepreneur with a large business empire in Taiwan. ...
Gou tapped to run the plant in 1998, is Longhua's de facto mayor.
Gou offered to arrange meetings with local officials he knew in return for the chance to drive the 30-year-old American to the airport, says Max Fang, who was then Dell's head of procurement in Asia.
Gou has begun looking for a successor at Hon Hai, focusing on candidates in their late 30s or early 40s and asking senior managers to prove themselves by running their units assertively.
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