Chen Chun-shen (; born 1961), also known in English as Jason Chen, is a Taiwanese businessman who is the current chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Taiwanese electronics company Acer Inc.
Education Chen graduated from National Cheng Kung University with a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in management science in 1984. He then earned a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Missouri in 1988.
Business career At Intel Before joining TSMC, Chen worked for 14 years at Intel, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions. He started his tenure at Intel as a sales executive in Taiwan and later as regional sales manager for Greater China based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Chen then progressed to become vice president and general manager of the Asia Pacific region before his last assignment as the corporate vice president of international sales and marketing at Intel's headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
At TSMC Prior to joining Acer, Chen served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at TSMC under its founder Morris Chang for a decade. Chen is a major departure from previous Acer CEOs in that he hails from a sales and marketing business background as opposed to an electrical engineering one.
At Acer Acer appointed Jason Chen as its corporate president and CEO from January 1, 2014.Ryan Huang, Acer appoints chip veteran Jason Chen as CEO, ZDNET, December 24, 2013 -- 03:14 GMT (11:14 SGT)Eva Dou And Aries Poon, , The Wall Street Journal, June 5, 2014 10:58 pm ET
In June 2014, Acer Chief Executive Jason Chen said in an interview at the company's Taipei headquarters Thursday, "We have to expand our product offering from PC to other faster-growing segments, especially smartphones and tablets," "If you look at the top 20 most valuable enterprises in the world, none of them are pure hardware companies."
In 2015, Jason Chen, CEO of Acer Corp, told an international group of reporters. He said:“There are only four or five players in the PC industry, and all of us are survivors,” “We will be the last man standing for the PC industry.”Jeremy Kaplan, We’ll be the last PC company standing, Acer CEO boldly claims, digitaltrends, April 23, 2015
In June 2017, Acer Co-founder Stan Shih said the company's current CEO Jason Chen is the best candidate to take over as chairman. At that month, Acer CEO Jason Chen to become chairman of Acer.CHENG TING-FANG, Acer CEO Jason Chen to become chairman from June, nikkei, September 14, 2016 21:44 JST
In Feb. 2018, Acer CEO Jason Chen says gaming and esports will buttress the company's turnaround effort.
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