Tzu-Hsien Tung

{{Short description|Taiwanese businessman}}

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| birth_place = Ruisui, Hualien County, Taiwan

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Tzu-Hsien Tung ({{lang-zh|t=童子賢|p=Tóng Zǐxián}}; born c. 1960){{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=113921860&capId=44006094&previousCapId=7689790&previousTitle=SINOPAC%20FINANCIAL%20HOLDINGS|publisher=Blomberg|title=T. H. Tung}} is a Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist. He is a co-founder and former vice chairman of Asus. Currently, he serves as the chairman of Pegatron. Tung received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from National Dong Hwa University in 2015 and funded the establishment of the Yang Mu Center for Literary Studies at NDHU College of Humanities and Social Sciences.{{cite web |title=敬邀_名譽博士學位頒授典禮暨專題演講(童子賢先生)11/17(二)上午10:20 - 國立東華大學理工學院 |url=https://b012.ndhu.edu.tw/files/13-1013-92889-1.php?Lang=zh-tw |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=b012.ndhu.edu.tw}}

Early life and education

Tzu-Hsien Tung was born in 1960 and grew up in Ruisui, Hualien County, Taiwan.{{cite news|last1=Huang|first1=Dennis|title=Pegatron Chairman T. H. Tung: Giving the World an Unending Dividend|url=http://english.cw.com.tw/article.do?action=show&id=13671|accessdate=2 February 2016|work=CommonWealth Magazine|date=5 July 2012}} His father was a watchmaker. He grew up in the countryside, without a television set, and played Little League Baseball. He became an avid reader, and was influenced by the works of Yang Mu and Hu Shih.

Tung received a master's degree in computer and communication engineering from the National Taipei University of Technology.{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.pegatroncorp.com/investorRelations/directors.php|website=Pegatron|accessdate=2 February 2016}} While he was at university, he regularly skipped class to read independently instead, often reading censored books. He was also the editor-in-chief of the campus newspaper.

Career

Tung started his career at Acer Inc. T.H. Tung co-founded Asus in 1989. He served as its vice chairman. He became the majority shareholder of Eslite Bookstore.

Tung serves as the chairman of Pegatron. Additionally, he serves as the chairman of Kinsus and Lumens.

Philanthropy

According to CommonWealth Magazine, "He has sponsored countless artistic and cultural events and financed historical research on late presidents Chiang Kai-shek and Chiang Ching-kuo and documentaries on the careers of Taiwanese writers."

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