Gou Tai Ming (Terry Gou)

So I will be doing a thesis over the next year looking at some elements of the Taiwan Hi Tech industry. Saw a great 2007 article about Gou Tai Ming, the founder of Hon Hai Precision Technologies.

Hon Hai's revenue has grown more than 50% a year in the past decade to $40.6 billion last year. It is expected to add $14 billion in revenue this year. That is roughly the equivalent of Motorola's adding, within a year, the sales of CBS Corp.

Throughout his company's rise, the 56-year-old native of Taiwan has maintained a low profile. Publicity, he says, risks helping competitors and alienating customers. "I hate that I [have] become famous," Mr. Gou said in a recent three-hour interview at Hon Hai's Taiwan headquarters. It was Mr. Gou's first interview with Western media since 2002, following more than five years of requests by The Wall Street Journal. "We are so big we cannot hide anymore."

For anyone interested in the Taiwan Hi-Tech industry, the article is definitely worth the read. Link is below.

(Article: The Forbidden City of Terry Gou)