Quanta’s Barry Lam tops ‘Forbes’ Taiwan rich listBILLIONAIRES’ CLUB: The cofounder of the notebook maker saw his net worth rise on the back of the AI boom. Forbes’ real-time billionaires list showed Lam’s net worth at US$9.3 billion as of 1pm on Friday last week, securing him the top spot in Taiwan and the 226th worldwide. Quanta Computer Inc chairman Barry Lam, center, speaks at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting at Quanta’s headquarters in Taoyuan on June 16. Next on the list is snack and beverage brand Want Want Group (旺旺集團) chairman Tsai Eng-meng (蔡衍明), who took the fifth spot in Taiwan and 430th worldwide with a net worth of US$6.3 billion. Lam, who was born in Shanghai in 1949 and raised in Hong Kong, has a master’s degree in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University.

Source: Forbes July 14, 2023 17:54 UTC