Zhang Zhongmou

"As a successful entrepreneur, Mr. Zhang Zhongmou has throngs of followers and a single call brings many responses; but as a thinker, he is still somewhat lonely. He does not craft a gentle tone to express his negations, nor does he use arm-in-arm familiarity or buddy-buddy tactics to soften his rules. Thus, as one journalist put it, this man once looked up to by all of society is, in fact, out of step with society: “I know many people don’t like me.” This is his sincere self-assessment, yet he does not intend to change anything."

"Schumpeter’s words can indeed be borne out by Taiwan’s economic development over the past half century. Mr. Wang Yung-ching of the Formosa Plastics Group represents the takeoff era’s need to pay attention to every detail of management; Mr. Zhang Zhongmou of TSMC represents the grand strategy and outstanding talent displayed in the high-tech era."

"Is it “easy to know but hard to do,” or “hard to know but easy to do”? I think that as a man of action, Mr. Zhang Zhongmou actually leans toward “hard to know but easy to do,”"