Foxconn poised to nominate chip boss as Taiwan group’s next chair


Terry Gou, the head of the world's largest electronics supplier Foxconn, is surrounded by the media after meeting with Nationalist Party chairman Wu Den-yih at the party headquarters in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, May 13, 2019. Gou plans to run for president of Taiwan, bringing his pro-business and pro-China policies to what is expected to be a crowded field for next year's election.

TAIPEI: iPhone assembler Foxconn is poised to nominate its chip unit head as group chairman to succeed Taiwan presidential hopeful Terry Gou, in what is internally seen as a surprise move, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Liu Young, 63, is a also board member of Foxconn’s Japanese electronics unit Sharp Corp.

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