Steve Chang

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Steve Chang
Born
Ming-chen Chang

1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University (BS)
Lehigh University (MS)
Occupation(s)Co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro
AwardsFu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award (1999)
CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award (2009)

Steve Chang, is a Taiwanese businessperson and the co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm.[1] He was named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week in 1999,[2] and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the Discovery Channel's Portraits Taiwan II in 2006.

Life[edit]

Chang was born in Pingtung, Taiwan. After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Chang attended Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Mathematics where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1977, then he studied in the United States and obtained a master's degree in computer science from Lehigh University in 1979.[3]

After returning to Taiwan, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and was the head of sales operations in seven counties and cities in southern Taiwan.[3] In 1988, he founded Trend Micro in the US with his wife Jenny Chen (陳怡蓁) and his wife's sister Eva Chen (陳怡樺).[4]

In 1999, Chang won the Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award with the Harvard University professor Lee-Jen Wei and nine other people.[5] In the same year, he was also named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week.[2] One decade later, Chang won the CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award.[6][better source needed]

He retired in 2006, and lives in Hualien, Taiwan.[4]

Literary work[edit]

  • @趨勢
  • 擋不住的趨勢
  • 張明正&王文華頑童成功學有聲書

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Insane Life of an L.A.-Taiwan-Tokyo Supercommuter - Businessweek
  2. ^ a b Barnathan, J. (1999), 'The stars of Asia: 50 Asian leaders at the forefront of change', BusinessWeek, 14 June.
  3. ^ a b 趨勢科技創辦人張明正:創業前想清楚這3個問題 | 創新拿鐵
  4. ^ a b 趨勢科技董事長張明正:看透權力的本質|人物觀點|人物特寫|2017-01-18|天下雜誌第615期
  5. ^ 輔仁大學傑出校友
  6. ^ On YOUTUBE: Steve Chang won the CNBC-8th Asian Business Leaders Awards 2009.flv

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