Steve Chang

Steve Chang, is a Taiwanese businessperson and the co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest 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.

Steve Chang
張明正
Born
Ming-chen Chang

1954 (age 66–67)
Pingtung, Taiwan
Alma materFu Jen Catholic University (BS)
Lehigh University (MS)
OccupationCo-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro
AwardsFu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award (1999)
CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award (2009)

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 California 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]

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

Literary work
  • @趨勢
  • 擋不住的趨勢
  • 張明正&王文華頑童成功學有聲書

See also

References
  1. The Insane Life of an L.A.-Taiwan-Tokyo Supercommuter - Businessweek
  2. Barnathan, J. (1999), 'The stars of Asia: 50 Asian leaders at the forefront of change', BusinessWeek, 14 June.
  3. 趨勢科技創辦人張明正：創業前想清楚這3個問題 | 創新拿鐵
  4. 趨勢科技董事長張明正：看透權力的本質｜人物觀點｜人物特寫｜2017-01-18｜天下雜誌第615期
  5. 輔仁大學傑出校友
  6. On YOUTUBE: Steve Chang won the CNBC-8th Asian Business Leaders Awards 2009.flv
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