Morris Chang

$4.08B
as of 07/05/24

About Morris Chang

Morris Chang founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's largest manufacturers of semiconductors. He retired from the chairman's post in 2018.

Chang worked for a quarter-century at Texas Instruments and then joined the Taiwan research body that spun off TSMC.

TSMC customers include Apple, Nvidia and Qualcomm.

TSMC is building a $65 billion site with three chip plants in Phoenix, Arizona. The first plant is slated for production in 2025 and the second for more advanced chips will come onstream in 2028.

In 2023 TSMC also announced its plan to build a factory in Dresden, Germany, its first in Europe. The company committed $3.8 billion for a 70% stake in the joint venture.

Personal stats

Citizenship

Taiwan, Province of China

Source of wealth

Semiconductors

Residence

Hsinchu, Taiwan, Province of China

Marital status

Married

Birth date

07/10/31 (age 92)

Number of children

1

Education

Bachelor of Arts/Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D, Stanford University

Self-made

self-made

Morris Chang’s fortune is worth

68K

troy ounces of gold

63K

median U.S. household

41K

median U.S. income

0.082%

U.S. credit card volume

0.016%

GDP of the United States

0.012%

United States debt

Net worth history

Annual ranking

Did you know?

Chang founded TSMC in 1987; a decade later the company became the first Taiwanese firm to trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Financial assets

TAIWAN | 2330-TW

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing

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