Stan Shih

Mr. Stan Shih is Group Chairman of iD SoftCapital Group, and co-founder and Chairman Emeritus of the Acer Group. Mr. Shih also serves on the boards of the ABW family (Acer, BenQ, and Wistron) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. He is the former Chairman of the Asia Business Council, a former member of the International Advisory Panel for Malaysia’s Multimedia Super Corridor, a Governor of the Asian Institute of Management, and Honorary Chairman of the Taiwan Excellent Brand Association. Business Week named Mr. Shih one of the 25 Top Managers of the Year. Time featured him in its article “60 years of Asian Heroes” for turning Taiwan into a PC-manufacturing powerhouse. In 2007 September, Mr. Shih, as Taiwan’s Special Envoy, attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Summit in Sydney, Australia. Mr. Shih obtained a Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Honorary Ph.D. in electronics engineering from the National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Technology by Hong Kong Polytechnic University and an Honorary Doctorate of International Law by the Thunderbird School of Global Management.