Chairman Of AI Chip-Testing Equipment Maker Is The Wealthiest Newcomer Among Taiwan’s Richest
Key takeaways
- The red-hot November IPO of AI chip-testing equipment maker Hon.
- Precision specializes in test handlers—equipment that moves and sorts chips during the final testing process—and has nearly a one-third global market share.
- Precision’s orders were for AI and high-performance computing applications, helping revenue and net profit more than double to NT$30.3 billion and NT$12.4 billion, respectively.
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The red-hot November IPO of AI chip-testing equipment maker Hon. Precision, which raised a total of NT$35 billion ($1.1 billion), put chairman Hsieh Wen-Ta on the ranking of Taiwan’s richest for the first time with a $7.1 billion fortune. Since getting listed at an 81% premium to the IPO price, shares of the company have more than doubled.
Hon. Precision specializes in test handlers—equipment that moves and sorts chips during the final testing process—and has nearly a one-third global market share. Its major clients include semiconductor heavyweights TSMC and Nvidia, which utilize the company’s advanced handlers to test increasingly complex chips.