Quanta
The Bulwark of the Facebook Empire
Quanta servers, made in Taiwan, are the unseen strength facilitating Facebook’s billion-user empire. Now Quanta is edging past Dell to stake a claim on one-seventh of the global server market.
Hon Hai
Quartermaster of the Apple Empire
Hon Hai’s alliance with Apple rakes in NT$8 trillion in operating revenue a year. With Apple's sales in decline, Hon Hai boss Terry Gou is betting heavy, in an effort to sustain a relationship that accounts for 70 percent of its profits.
Asus
The Taiwanese Brains behind Google
The Nexus 7 is selling like hotcakes. Now Google’s a contender in the global tablet wars, but it could not have got out the gate without its Taiwanese partner, Asus.
GSA Technology’s Tina Lin
Headmistress of Machining
Petite yet bursting with energy, this Taiwanese sales superwoman has held her own in China’s male-dominated, heavy-drinking business culture, and single-handedly conquered the China Market.
The New Tech Paradigm
Why Taiwan Still Matters
Taiwan’s OEM model took a hit last year as PC shipments plunged and former high-tech powerhouses struggled. But new tech kings Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon are still finding Taiwan irresistible. Why?
Hiwin President Enid Tsai
Assertive Leadership, Soft Touch
She is known as the top female CEO in Taiwan’s machinery industry, building Hiwin Technologies into the world’s No. 2 precision components maker without a technical background. So what skills does she bring to the table?