My Take
Terry Gou is one of those figures who built something so massive that most people interact with his work every single day without knowing his name — Foxconn assembles iPhones, PlayStations, and basically every major consumer gadget you can think of, making it the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer. Growing up in modest circumstances in Taiwan, Gou started the company in 1974 with a small loan and turned it into a global industrial empire employing over a million workers. He's a grinding, hard-nosed industrialist in the old-school mold — the kind of guy who allegedly sleeps four hours a night and demands the same pace from everyone around him. His political ambitions in Taiwan added another layer of unpredictability to an already outsized personality. Whatever you think of his labor practices or management style, the sheer scale of what he built from scratch is genuinely staggering.
Overview
Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Tâi-bêng; born 18 October 1950) is a Taiwanese billionaire businessman and politician. Gou is the founder and former chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Terry Gou
- Name (Japanese)
- 郭台銘
- Reading
- 不明
- Born
- October 8, 1950 (age 75)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Libra / Tiger
- Origin
- Banqiao District, Taiwan
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- entrepreneur / business magnate / computer scientist / politician
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- New Taipei Municipal Banqiao Senior High School
- University
- Taipei University of Marine Technology
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/terrygou1018/
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%83%AD%E5%8F%B0%E9%8A%98
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.