Jason Chang

Jason Chang (Chinese: 張虔生; pinyin: Zhāng Qiánshēng; born 18 May 1944) is a Taiwanese/Singaporean billionaire, currently the chairman of Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). On the Forbes 2020 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #836 with a net worth of US$2.5 billion.[1]

For the curler, see Jason Chang (curler)

Jason Chang
張虔生
Born (1944-05-18) 18 May 1944
Shanghai, China
CitizenshipSingapore
EducationNational Taiwan University
Net worthUS$2.5 billion (Forbes 2020)[1]
Spouse(s)Ching Ping Chang
Children3

In December 2013, Chang publicly apologized for water pollution caused by untreated wastewater issuing from an ASE plant in southern Taiwan, following a TW$600,000 (US$20,300) fine earlier that month from Kaohsiung City Government.[2]

In September 2015, Chang received a Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI Award, which recognized his "significant achievements in the development and commercialization of copper wire in the IC assembly process".[3][4]

Personal life

Jason Chang has three children: Danielle, Rutherford, and Madeline. They followed a creative path as their mother, Ching Ping Chang, was an interior designer and artistic.[5]

gollark: I would either use Rust or Nim. But both are annoying in some ways.
gollark: The project is currently shelved due to the caching interacting poorly with dynamic sites and the lack of programming languages sufficient to contain the power it wields.
gollark: I could also make live-updating things, make the theming actually good, A/B-test unsuspecting users, and make achievements work better.
gollark: No JS, server rendering of comment sections.
gollark: This would also result in "improved" comments and some other things.

References
  1. "The World's Billionaires (2020 ranking): #836 Jason Chang". Forbes. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. Chiu Yu-Tzu (17 December 2013). "ASE chair's apology for water pollution delivered". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 3 October 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  3. "ASE Chairman Jason Chang Receives SEMI Award for Achievements in the Advancement of Copper Wire Bonding Technology". MarketWatch. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  4. Mark LaPedus (11 September 2015). "The Week In Review: Manufacturing". Semiconductor Engineering. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 11 February 2016.
  5. Chang, Bee-Shyuan, "Rallying Around a Bowl of Rice", The New York Times, April 16, 2013


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