Stayed at TSMC for 37 years! "Holding more than 10,000 shares" with a market value of over NT$ 13.5 billion, he is retiring

Lin Jinkun, senior deputy general manager of corporate strategic development and chief information security officer of TSMC, joined TSMC as an equipment engineer in 1987 and has been with the company for 37 years. Lin Jinkun is expected to retire on January 1 next year and will officially retire in April after the compensatory leave. As a member of TSMC's entrepreneurial veterans, Lin Jinkun holds more than 12,000 TSMC stocks, with an estimated market value of over 10 billion yuan, making him the most valuable senior executive of TSMC.

According to TSMC's official website, Lin Jinkun graduated from the Department of Industrial Education and Technology of Changhua Normal University. He was one of the first employees to join TSMC in the early days of the company. Before that, Lin Jinkun served at the Electronic Research Institute of the Industrial Research Institute. He initially started as a grassroots equipment engineer, and then served as a manager in the first and second wafer fabs. He has never left his position at TSMC in 37 years.

▲Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer Lin Jinkun of TSMC

Lin Jinkun subsequently participated in the construction of the third factory and served as the senior factory director and chief factory director. After being promoted to deputy general manager of the 6-inch and 8-inch factory and manufacturing technology center, Lin Jinkun moved to his current position as senior assistant manager. As chief information security officer, he also actively promoted the company's digital transformation, expanded the application of AI technology, and introduced smart manufacturing, R&D and productivity. improve.

According to reports from the "Liberty Times" and "Economic Daily", 66-year-old Lin Jinkun holds about 12,661 shares. Based on yesterday's (19) closing price of NT$ 1,070, the market value is equivalent to NT$ 13.547 billion, which is higher than the current chairman and chairman of the board of directors. The 6,392 shares held by CEO Wei Zhejia are nearly twice as many. TSMC announced yesterday that Lin Jinkun will retire in April next year, and senior vice president and deputy co-chief operating officer Hou Yongqing will take over the post of Chief Information Security Officer starting from New Year's Day next year.