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Steve Chang, is a Taiwanese businessperson and the co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro, the world's largest software security firm.[1] He was named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week in 1999,[2] and he was selected as one of the six protagonists of the Discovery Channel's Portraits Taiwan II in 2006.
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| Born | Ming-chen Chang 1954 (age 69–70) |
| Alma mater | Fu Jen Catholic University (BS) Lehigh University (MS) |
| Occupation(s) | Co-founder and former CEO of Trend Micro |
| Awards | Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award (1999) CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award (2009) |
Chang was born in Pingtung, Taiwan. After graduating from National Pingtung Senior High School, Chang attended Fu Jen Catholic University's Department of Mathematics where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1977, then he studied in the United States and obtained a master's degree in computer science from Lehigh University in 1979.[3]
After returning to Taiwan, he worked for Hewlett-Packard and was the head of sales operations in seven counties and cities in southern Taiwan.[3] In 1988, he founded Trend Micro in the US with his wife Jenny Chen (陳怡蓁) and his wife's sister Eva Chen (陳怡樺).[4]
In 1999, Chang won the Fu Jen Outstanding Alumni Award with the Harvard University professor Lee-Jen Wei and nine other people.[5] In the same year, he was also named "Star of Asia" by the Business Week.[2] One decade later, Chang won the CNBC 8th Asian Business Leaders Award.[6][better source needed]
He retired in 2006, and lives in Hualien, Taiwan.[4]