Jason Chang

This article is about the businessman. For the curler, see Jason Chang (curler). For the scientist, see Chia-Seng Chang.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang.

Jason Chang Chien-Sheng (Chinese: 張虔生; pinyin: Zhāng Qiánshēng; born 18 May 1944) is a Taiwanese-Singaporean billionaire, and the chairman of Taiwan-based Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE). On the Forbes 2024 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #417 with a net worth of US$6.6 billion.^[1]

Jason Chang
張虔生
Born	(1944-05-18) 18 May 1944 (age 81) Shanghai, China
Citizenship	Singapore
Education	National Taiwan University (BS) Illinois Institute of Technology (MS)
Spouse	Ching Ping Chang
Children	3, including Rutherford

In September 2015, Chang received a Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International SEMI Award, which recognized his "significant achievements in the development and commercialization of copper wire in the IC assembly process".^[2][3]

Personal life

Jason Chang's hometown is Wenzhou.^[4][5] Chang has three children: Danielle, Rutherford, and Madeline, who pursued creative careers, inspired by their mother, Ching Ping Chang, an artistic interior designer.^[6]

Recognition

In December 2013, Chang issued a public apology for water pollution caused by untreated wastewater issuing from an ASE plant in southern Taiwan, following a TW$600,000 (US$20,300) fine imposed earlier that month from Kaohsiung City Government.^[7]

Chang received honorary doctorates from National Sun Yat-sen University in Taiwan in November 2018, and National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in July 2022.