Tzu-Hsien Tung | |
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| 童子賢 | |
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| Born | (1960-06-25)25 June 1960 (age 65) |
| Education | National Taipei University of Technology (BS,MS) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Honours | |
Tzu-Hsien Tung (Chinese:童子賢;pinyin:Tóng Zǐxián; born 25 June 1960)[2] is a Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist. He is a co-founder and former vice chairman ofAsus. Currently, he serves as the chairman ofPegatron. Tung received anhonoraryDoctor of Science degree fromNational Dong Hwa University in 2015 and funded the establishment of theYang Mu Center for Literary Studies atNDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences.[3]
Tzu-Hsien Tung was born in 1960 inRuisui,Hualien County,Taiwan.[4] His father was a watchmaker.[4] He grew up in the countryside and playedLittle League Baseball.[4] As a child, he was influenced by the works ofYang Mu andHu Shih.[4]
After high school, Tung earned aB.S. inelectrical engineering from theNational Taipei University of Technology in 1980 and earned a master's degree in computer and communication engineering from the university in 2000.[5] In college, he regularly skipped class to read independently instead, often reading censored books.[4] He was also the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper.[4]
Tung started his career atAcer Inc.[4] T.H. Tung co-foundedAsus in 1989.[4] He served as its vice chairman.[5] He became the majority shareholder ofEslite Bookstore.[4]
Tung serves as the chairman ofPegatron.[5] Additionally, he serves as the chairman of Kinsus andLumens.[5]
According toCommonWealth Magazine, "He has sponsored countless artistic and cultural events and financed historical research on late presidentsChiang Kai-shek andChiang Ching-kuo and documentaries on the careers of Taiwanese writers."[4]
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