Steve Chang

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Steve Chang
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Born
Ming-chen Chang

1954 (age 6970)
Education Fu Jen Catholic University (BS)
Lehigh University (MS)
Occupation(s)Chairman, Trend Micro
Awards Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award (1999)
CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award (2009)

Steve Chang, is a Taiwanese businessman and the founder, chairman and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm. [1] He was named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week in 1999, [2] and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the Discovery Channel's Portraits Taiwan II in 2006.

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Life

Chang was born in Pingtung, Taiwan. After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Chang attended Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Mathematics where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1977, then he studied in the United States and obtained a master's degree in computer science from Lehigh University in 1979. [3]

After returning to Taiwan, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and was the head of sales operations in seven counties and cities in southern Taiwan. [3] In 1988, he founded Trend Micro in the US with his wife Jenny Chen (陳怡蓁) and his wife's sister Eva Chen (陳怡樺). [4]

In 1999, Chang won the Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award with the Harvard University professor Lee-Jen Wei and nine other people. [5] In the same year, he was also named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week . [2] One decade later, Chang won the CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award. [6] [ better source needed ]

He retired in 2006, and lives in Hualien, Taiwan. [4]

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