Jason Chen (Chinese: 陳俊聖; pinyin: Chén Jùnshèng) is the current chairman and CEO of Taiwan-based Acer Inc.
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陳俊聖 | |||||||
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| Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||
| Education | National Cheng Kung University (BS) University of Missouri (MBA) Harvard University Stanford University | ||||||
| Occupation | Chair & Chief Executive Officer of Acer Inc. | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳俊聖 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈俊圣 | ||||||
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Work experience
editAt Intel
editBefore joining TSMC, Chen worked for 14 years at Intel, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions. He started his tenure at Intel as a sales executive in Taiwan and later as regional sales manager for Greater China based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Chen then progressed to become vice president and general manager of the Asia Pacific region before his last assignment as the corporate vice president of international sales and marketing at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.[1]
At TSMC
editPrior to joining Acer, Chen served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at TSMC under its founder Morris Chang for a decade.[2] Chen is a major departure from previous Acer CEOs in that he hails from a sales and marketing business background as opposed to an electrical engineering one.
At Acer
editAcer appointed Jason Chen as its corporate president and CEO from January 1, 2014.[3][4][5]
In June 2014, Acer Chief Executive Jason Chen said in an interview at the company's Taipei headquarters Thursday, "We have to expand our product offering from PC to other faster-growing segments, especially smartphones and tablets," "If you look at the top 20 most valuable enterprises in the world, none of them are pure hardware companies."[6]
In 2015, Jason Chen, CEO of Acer Corp, told an international group of reporters. He said:“There are only four or five players in the PC industry, and all of us are survivors,” “We will be the last man standing for the PC industry.”[7]
In June 2017, Acer Co-founder Stan Shih said the company's current CEO Jason Chen is the best candidate to take over as chairman. At that month, Acer CEO Jason Chen to become chairman of Acer.[8]
In Feb. 2018, Acer CEO Jason Chen says gaming and esports will buttress the company’s turnaround effort.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Acer Seeks New Life Through Gamers". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2020-06-05.
- ^ "Acer Names Former TSMC Executive Jason Chen as CEO and President". Bloomberg.com. 2013-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-27.
- ^ Ryan Huang, Acer appoints chip veteran Jason Chen as CEO[dead link], ZDNET, December 24, 2013 -- 03:14 GMT (11:14 SGT)
- ^ Eva Dou And Aries Poon, "Acer Looks Beyond PCs". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17., The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2014 10:58 pm ET
- ^ "Acer appoints chipmaking veteran Jason Chen as CEO". The Verge. 2013-12-23. Archived from the original on 2023-01-27.
- ^ "Acer Looks Beyond PCs". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 2022-01-17.
- ^ Jeremy Kaplan, We’ll be the last PC company standing, Acer CEO boldly claims, digitaltrends, April 23, 2015
- ^ CHENG TING-FANG, Acer CEO Jason Chen to become chairman from June, nikkei , September 14, 2016 21:44 JST
- ^ Samson Ellis and Cindy Wang (2018-02-21). "Acer Seeks New Life Through Gamers". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2018-02-21.