I recently listened to this Acquired podcast and found the conversation with Dr. Morris Chang very interesting. If you’re a student of business, entrepreneurship, engineering, leadership, management, or the global economy, I think you’ll find multiple nuggets in this interview.
After listening to this interview, I also listened to an earlier Acquired podcast episode about TSMC, which originally aired in 2021 and has just been fully remastered. It provides a detailed and engaging history of Dr. Morris Chang’s life from his birth in China, living through three major wars before he was 18, moving to the US for college, his early career experiences, professional highlights and setbacks and his move to Taiwan that all led to the incredible success story that is TSMC today. Highly recommend starting with this episode and then listening to the interview (above) second.