Just like this sentence, the starting point of each of us cannot determine our end point. Through continuous learning and hard work, everyone has the potential to change our own destiny.

Only by standing on the shoulders of a giant can you see further. Just like this sentence, the starting point of each of us cannot determine our end point. Through continuous learning and hard work, everyone has the potential to change our own destiny. For ordinary people, learning how successful people master wealth codes is also a process of constantly learning and improving themselves.

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Zhang Zhongmou's hometown - Ningbo, Zhejiang

The successful person Xiaocai introduced to you today is Zhang Zhongmou from Ningbo, Zhejiang. He started his entrepreneurial journey at the age of 56, but he still led the company to become the world's largest chip foundry. At the age of 86, the company he founded had become a billion-dollar empire. He is the godfather of Taiwan's semiconductors , and the founder of TSMC - Zhang Zhongmou.

escapes war and leaves his hometown

Zhang Zhongmou is 1931 was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang. At that time, their family had very good conditions. His father was the director of the Finance Bureau and his mother was also a descendant of a famous family. He was a lady from a family.

. Zhang Zhongmou, who grew up in such an environment, had the opportunity to receive a very good education. Unfortunately, Zhang Zhongmou was born in an era of war in . When he was a child, his family had to travel around many places to avoid the war.

forced to leave his hometown due to war

all the way from Nanjing, Guangzhou, Chongqing and other places to Hong Kong. Zhang Zhongmou spent a long period of his childhood in Hong Kong. 1941 , Hong Kong Kowloon was also occupied by the Japanese army. In order to avoid the war, Zhang Zhongmou and his family went to Chongqing again, and Zhang Zhongmou also entered Chongqing Nankai Middle School to study.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhongmou likes to study very much, and the displacement caused by the war did not affect Zhang Zhongmou's performance. 1949 , 18-year-old was admitted to with excellent results. He also became the only Chinese among the more than more than in that year.

Harvard University

1950 , and Zhang Zhongmou transferred from Harvard to MIT Add to MIT After studying Harvard http://www.sys.com.cn/1954http://www.sys.com.cn/1954http://www.sys.com.cn/193http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.sys.com.cn/194http://www.s

After graduation, Zhang Zhongmou did not rush to return to China, but worked in the United States first. At this time, Zhang Zhongmou had two choices: one was to enter Ford, which was very similar to his professionalism, and the other was to enter an unknown semiconductor company.

MIT

Everyone thought that Zhang Zhongmou would join Ford, but unexpectedly, he chose a semiconductor company that he didn't know. Why is that?

It turns out that although Zhang Zhongmou likes Ford more, after comparison, he found that the salary given by semiconductor companies is higher than Ford's salary 1 US dollars . What no one expected is that it was because of this $1 US dollar that Zhang Zhongmou entered the semiconductor industry and eventually became , the semiconductor godfather of Taiwan .

Zhang Zhongmou entered the semiconductor industry

entered the semiconductor industry, and at the age of 56, he embarked on the road of entrepreneurship

1958 . After working in this company for a few years, Zhang Zhongmou resigned and went to Texas. After going to Texas, Zhang Zhongmou joined Texas Instruments Company, and he was also the first employee of the company at that time. In this company, Zhang Zhongmou worked in 25 for , and took a long way from a young employee to the position of vice president of . While he was promoting his position, Zhang Zhongmou also became more and more familiar with the semiconductor industry. He had repeatedly proposed to increase chip production in the company, but this idea was not adopted by the company.

Semiconductor chip

1985 , Zhang Zhongmou finally left Texas Instruments and was invited to return to his motherland Taiwan to serve as the director of Taiwan Institute of Industrial Technology . It has contributed great strength to the development and rise of Taiwan's semiconductor industry.

1987 , Zhang Zhongmou was no longer willing to work for others, and instead created "Taiwan Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Company (TSMC)" . At that time, Zhang Zhongmou was already 56 years old. Although everyone was not optimistic that he only started his business at this time, Zhang Zhongmou was confident that he would lead TSMC to the top position in the industry.

Zhang Zhongmou founded TSMC

Under the leadership of Zhang Zhongmou, TSMC has rapidly developed into the leader of Taiwan's semiconductor industry . In 2017, it also won orders from internationally renowned brands such as Apple . These orders allowed TSMC to quickly surpass Intel , the leader of the previous industry, and took the position of the number one in the industry.

By 2020, TSMC has occupied 90% of the global 5G chip orders, TSMC's annual income has also reached . 134 billion NTD . The company's market value is far exceeding 4 trillion . Zhang Zhongmou himself is called "chip king" and Taiwan's "semiconductor godfather" .

"Chip King" Zhang Zhongmou

written in the end

Success is by no means an accident. Those who want to succeed will not hesitate too much in the face of opportunities, and they will have the courage to be the first. They will work hard to do whatever they want, and will get the effort they want. Finally, I also wish all entrepreneurs success and victory.