Nine Taiwanese tech tycoons make world’s 500 richest list

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Taiwan’s AI boom is making its tech tycoons richer than ever. A new global billionaire ranking shows nine Taiwanese business leaders have cracked the world’s top 500 richest, with Quanta founder Barry Lam leading the pack in Taiwan. And with demand for AI servers soaring, several familiar names, including Hon Hai founder Terry Gou and TSMC founder Morris Chang are also seeing their fortunes climb.

- All of next year’s orders have already come in.
- What about the year after?
- It’s looking pretty good too.

Back in June, Quanta founder Barry Lam spoke confidently about orders with his company. As global demand for AI servers surges, the fortunes of Taiwan’s tech tycoons are skyrocketing. According to Bloomberg’s latest Billionaires Index, nine Taiwanese business leaders can be found among the world’s top 500 richest people. Barry Lam ranks first in Taiwan, with a net worth of US$16.9 billion, or around NT$536.4 billion. He ranks in at 169th worldwide.

Hot on his heels is 85-year-old King Slide founder Richard Lin, who built his fortune on the server industry’s slide rails. With a net worth of US$16.4 billion dollars, he is just five places behind Lam, at 174th globally and second in Taiwan. He’s even ahead of Hon Hai founder Terry Gou and Yageo Chairman Pierre Chen.

Gou remains among Taiwan’s top three richest people, ranking 242nd worldwide. There’s also Delta Electronics founder Bruce Cheng, who ranks in at No. 4 in Taiwan after transforming the company into an integrated infrastructure provider for AI data centers. Two billionaire brothers from the financial sector are also on the list. Fubon Financial Holding’s Daniel Tsai ranks 284th with a net worth of US$12.2 billion, while his brother Richard Tsai ranks 301st with US$11.8 billion.

Upon retiring in 2018, TSMC founder Morris Chang held 125,000 TSMC shares, which have only surged to new highs, making Chang the 341st richest man in the world. The AI boom is turning Taiwan’s tech titans into global billionaires, and putting Taiwan firmly on the world stage.

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AI浪潮淘金! 台灣9富豪躍全球500強林百里居冠

2026-10-06

外媒彭博億萬富豪指數最新排行榜出爐，受到AI熱潮影響，台灣有9位企業家，擠進全球前500名，其中廣達創辦人林百里，以169億美元、折合新台幣5364億的身價，位居台灣第一，全球第169名。輝達供應鏈伙伴之一的伺服器滑軌大廠川湖老闆，林聰吉，以164億美元身價緊追在後， AI造富列車，正在快速改寫台灣的富豪版圖。

-明年的訂單全部都到齊
-那明年呢?
-明年也差不多了

今年六月談起AI訂單，廣達創辦人林百里底氣十足，全球AI伺服器需求熱，台灣科技大咖身價跟著水漲船高，外媒彭博億萬富豪最新指數出爐，台灣九位企業家登上全球前500名，林百里以169億美元身家，新台幣約5364億元，登上台灣榜首，位居全球169名。

緊追在後的，85歲的川湖老闆林聰吉，靠著伺服器兩根滑軌闖天下，他以164億美元身價，和林百里僅差五個名次，全球第174名全台第二，打敗郭台銘和國巨陳泰銘。

鴻海創辦人郭台銘，穩坐富豪排行榜全台前三名，全球位居第242名，更讓外界訝異的是，台達電創辦人鄭崇華，台達電成功轉型成AI資料中心，基礎設施整合商，鄭崇華排行榜擠進全台第四名。金融業富豪兄弟倆，蔡明興以122億美元身價排284名，蔡明忠以118億美元排名第301名。

另外，2018年退休的台積電創辦人張忠謀，當時持有12.5萬台積電股票，隨著台積電股價翻揚至新天價，也讓張忠謀身價飆漲，排全球341名。AI熱潮，台灣供應鏈完整，也讓9位企業家，躍上全球前500富豪榜，讓世界看見台灣。

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Kumamoto Governor surprises Taiwanese locals to show gratitude for earthquake relief

This July, Kumamoto, was hit by a devastating 7.1 magnitude earthquake. As a neighbor and friend of Japan, Taiwan was first to donate more than NT$300 million for earthquake relief. To express his gratitude, Kumamoto Prefecture Governor, Kimura Takashi made a trip to Taiwan with the mascot Kumamon and visited the mayors of Taichung, Tainan, and Kaohsiung. He also took this opportunity to promote his breakfast products made with Kumamoto ingredients: milk, buckwheat, and miso, distributing it on the streets of Taipei in the early morning. The event immediately drew locals who scrambled to take photos with the Kumamon bear.

Hailing from Japan, the Kumamon bear was seen in Taipei causing frenzy among locals who rushed to take photos and hug the bear. Kumamoto’s Governor Kimura accompanied the bear with a spokesperson to distribute breakfast.

Convenience stores distributed Kumamon products, specialty products included Aso Milk Sea Salt Bread, Japanese Soba Noodles, and Kumamoto Barley Miso Pork Cutlet Don, foods that Taiwan’s Japan fans are eager to try.

Member of public
Loves Kumamon
I like that Kumamon, it is so cute. I’ve never bumped into it. Taiwanese all yearn for Japanese things.

Member of public
Wishes well for Kumamoto
The city of Kumamoto, I hope they can recover quickly. I hope their economy can return to normal soon.

Kimura Takashi
Kumamoto Prefecture Governor
It is so special to see the love that Taiwanese have for Kumamoto. I am very grateful to meet everyone and the mayors. They all expressed they will continue to support Kumamoto, and make contributions through tourism and business which makes me very happy.

In July this year, Kumamoto was struck by a 7.1 magnitude scale earthquake. Taiwan was the first to donate more than 1.5 billion Japanese Yen, equivalent to NT$300 million. Kimura made a special trip to Taiwan to express his gratitude and believes there is room for more partnership between Kumamoto and Taiwan in the future.

Kimura Takashi
Kumamoto Prefecture Governor
We have staff at our Taipei office that can support daily business activities. TSMC’s second factory is under construction, and we believe there will be new investment plans in the future. We hope to strengthen the relationship between Kumamoto and Taiwan, and create more business opportunities.

Kumamoto is a hotspot for Taiwanese tourists, seeing as there are direct flights from Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan and even Kaohsiung. From tourism to cuisine to tech partnerships the friendship between Taiwan and Japan continues to strengthen.

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