Tsai Ming-Kai was born in Hsinchu, Taiwan, Taiwan. Tsai is chairman and CEO of his smartphone chipmaker MediaTek, which was spun off from another company he ran.
Faced with escalating competition in a plateauing sector, Tsai brought in Rick Tsai (who is not related) as his co-CEO on June 1.
Tsai studied electrical engineering first in Taiwan and later got a master's degree in electrical engineering from University of Cincinnati.
Tsai Ming-Kai is a member of Technology
💰Tsai Ming-Kai Net worth: $1.36 Billion (Updated at 22 June 2018)
2010
$1.6 Billion
2011
$1.3 Billion
2012
$1.2 Billion
2013
$1.3 Billion
2014
$1.6 Billion
2015
$1.65 Billion
2017
$1.1 Billion
2018
$1.37 Billion
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Biography/Timeline
2014
In 2014, according to Forbes he was ranked 20th Taiwanese by net worth ($1.80 billion). In 2014 he was 21st in the "Best-Performing CEOs in the World" ranking by Harvard Business Review.
2016
In 2016 he received the Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award for pioneering the Taiwan semiconductor design industry.
