PLAYING IT CLOSE TO HIS CHEST: Hon Hai's Gou plans to be at the helm of the company until he's 100, sidestepping the contentious issues of a clear succession plan or the company's strategies for dealing with new tech like electric cars and robots.
TAIPEI: Foxconn founder Terry Gou has a vision of how to rewire the Taiwan firm that builds iPhones to cut dependence on Apple Inc, the client around which he built a US$46bil (RM174.71bil) tech empire. Just don't expect him to tell anyone exactly what it is.
With the latest version of Apple's smash hit smartphone having catapulted first-quarter profit 55% higher, investors have sent shares in Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd – Foxconn's flagship – rising towards the historic highs hit eight years ago that give it its lofty market value.
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