Name: Cher Wang

Born: September 14, 1958, in Taiwan

  • Taiwanese entrepreneur and philanthropist.
  • Co-founder and chairperson of HTC Corporation (makes one out of every six smartphones sold in the USA) and VIA Technologies (integrated chipset maker).

Honors and awards

  • Named 54th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes (2014).
  • Ranked with her husband Wen Chi Chen as the wealthiest person in Taiwan (net worth of $8.8 billion (2011).