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Jason Chang (Chinese: 張虔生; pinyin: Zhāng Qiánshēng; born 18 May 1944) is a Taiwanese/Singaporean billionaire, currently the chairman of Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). On the Forbes 2020 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #836 with a net worth of US$2.5 billion.[1]
Jason Chang | |
|---|---|
| 張虔生 | |
| Born | 18 May 1944 Shanghai, China |
| Citizenship | Singapore |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) Illinois Institute of Technology (MS) |
| Spouse | Ching Ping Chang |
| Children | 3 |
In September 2015, Chang received a Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI Award, which recognized his "significant achievements in the development and commercialization of copper wire in the IC assembly process".[2][3]
Jason Chang's hometown is Wenzhou.[4][5] Chang has three children: Danielle, Rutherford, and Madeline. They followed a creative path as their mother, Ching Ping Chang, was an interior designer and artistic.[6]
In December 2013, Chang publicly apologized for water pollution caused by untreated wastewater issuing from an ASE plant in southern Taiwan, following a TW$600,000 (US$20,300) fine earlier that month from Kaohsiung City Government.[7]
In November 2018, Chang was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Engineering from National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU).[8]
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