Steve Chang, is a

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businessperson and the co-founder and former CEO of

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, the world's largest software security firm. He was named "Star of Asia" by the ''

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'' in 1999,Barnathan, J. (1999), 'The stars of Asia: 50 Asian leaders at the forefront of change', ''BusinessWeek'', 14 June. and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the

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's ''Portraits Taiwan II'' in 2006.

Life

Chang was born in

Pingtung, Taiwan Pingtung City (; Hokkien POJ: ''Pîn-tong-chhī'') is a county-administered city and the county seat of Pingtung County, Taiwan. History The area of modern-day Pingtung City was originally a village of the Taiwanese Plains Aborigines which th ...

. After graduating from

National Pingtung Senior High School National Pingtung Senior High School () is a senior high school in Pingtung City, Pingtung County, Taiwan. Notable alumni * Steve Chang, Co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro * CC Lee, Cleveland Indians pitcher * Chen Yun-wen, baseball play ...

, Chang attended

Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private Catholic university in Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at ...

's Department of Mathematics where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1977, then he studied in the

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and obtained a master's degree in computer science from

Lehigh University Lehigh University (LU) is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and was originally affiliated with the Epis ...

in 1979.趨勢科技創辦人張明正：創業前想清楚這3個問題 , 創新拿鐵
/ref> After returning to Taiwan, he worked for

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and was the head of sales operations in seven counties and cities in

southern Taiwan The regions of Taiwan are based on the historical administrative divisions. However, most of the definitions are not precise. Division into two regions * Eastern and Western Taiwan: the Central Mountain Range separates Taiwan into east and west. :* ...

. In 1988, he founded

in the US with his wife Jenny Chen () and his wife's sister

Eva Chen Eva Yi-Hwa Chen is a Taiwanese businessperson and the co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro, one of the world's largest software security firms. In 2010, '' CRN Magazine'' named her as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry ...

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/ref> In 1999, Chang won the Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award with the

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professor Lee-Jen Wei and nine other people. In the same year, he was also named "Star of Asia" by the ''

''. One decade later, Chang won the

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8th Asian Business Leaders Award.On YOUTUBE: Steve Chang won the CNBC-8th Asian Business Leaders Awards 2009.flv He retired in 2006, and lives in

Hualien, Taiwan Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. It ...

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External links

Steve Chang, Trend Micro Inc: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets
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