Terry Gou
- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Gou (郭).
Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese businessman. He is the founder and chairman of Foxconn,[2] the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, where it employs 1.2 million people and is its largest private employer and exporter.[3]
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 Gou while meeting with the United States Ambassador to China in December 2017 | |
| Born | Guo Tai-ming 18 October 1950 (aged 75) Banqiao, New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Occupation | Founder and Chairman of Foxconn |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Net worth |  US$10.6 billion (August 2017)[1] |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Children | 5 |
On 17 April 2019, Gou announced his plans to run for President in the Kuomintang primary for the 2020 presidential election.[4] He lost the Kuomintang nomination to Han Kuo-yu on 15 July 2019. He is thinking of running for President under an Independent bid.[5]
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Gou with Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff in 2011
Speaker Paul Ryan, President Donald Trump, Governor Scott Walker, Terry Gou and Christopher Murdock at Foxconn's June 2018 groundbreaking ceremony in Wisconsin
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References
- ↑ Terry Guo. https://www.forbes.com/profile/terry-gou/?list=billionaires.
- ↑ Terry Gou. Time. 29 March 2012. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2107952_2107953_2109611,00.html. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ↑ Apple Investigating Foxconn's Steps to Deal With Suicides , The Wall Street Journal, 26 May 2010
- ↑ "快訊／郭台銘宣布：投入2020國民黨總統初選 不接受徵召" (in 中文). ettoday.net. 17 April 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ↑ "Taiwan Foxconn founder to consider independen..." Taiwan News. Retrieved 2019-07-15.