Stan Shih

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Stan Shih
Stan Shih at the 2007 Taiwan Brands' Trend Forum
Born	(1944-12-18) December 18, 1944 (age 76) Rokkō Town, Shōka District, Taichū Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan (now Lukang, Changhua County, Taiwan)
Nationality	Taiwanese
Alma mater	National Chiao Tung University
Known for	President and Chairman of Acer Inc.
Spouse(s)	Carolyn Yeh
Children	3

Stan Shih (Chinese: 施振榮; pinyin: Shī Zhènróng; born 18 December 1944), is the Co-founder & Honorary Chairman of Acer Inc. In 1976, after receiving bachelor's and master's degrees in electronic engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Shih founded Multitech with his wife and five partners. Shih chaired Multitech through to 1987, when the company was renamed Acer, continuing as Acer chairman until his retirement in late 2004, having seen the company grow from a tiny start-up to a billion-dollar worldwide brand. Shih remained active in charity work during his retirement, including serving as Taiwan's Special Envoy in the APEC Australia 2007. In November 2013, Shih returned to Acer after being reinstated as president and chairman.^[1] He serves on the boards of Acer Inc., Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Nan Shan Life Insurance Co., Ltd., Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation and Chinese Television System. He is the Chairman of Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation, the Head of Taiwan Connection Fun Club, One Song Orchestra Fun Club, the Convener of the Cultural Tech Alliance, Taiwan and the Chairman of CT Ambi Investment and Consulting Inc.

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• Biography of Stan Shih at the Wayback Machine (archived November 15, 2008), Acer
• Stan Shih, Businessweek
• Stan Shih on Taiwan and China, Businessweek
• Q&A: STAN SHIH OF ACER, San Francisco Chronicle
• Stan Shih, 60 Years of Asian Heroes, Time Asia
• Stan Shih, CRN

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