Cao Cao said in the poem: "The martyr is in his twilight years, and his heart is full of courage", and even if the hero is no longer young, he will not lose his ambition. Many of the entrepreneurs we know are also like this, Liu Chuanzhi founded Lenovo at the age of 40, Cao Dewang founded Fuyao at the age of 41, Ren Zhengfei founded Huawei at the age of 43... In fact, there are those who started a business even later - Zhang Zhongmou, founder of TSMC.
Zhang Zhongmou only started his own entrepreneurial road at the age of 56, with the business intelligence and hard work of young people, he became a "chip godfather", the company's market value exceeded trillions, and he married a young secretary at the age of 70 and lived a happy life.
First, because of the "1 DOLLAR" mistakenly entered the semiconductor industry, the 56-year-old founded TSMC
Zhang Zhongmou was born in 1931 in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, the son of the financial director of Yin County, Ningbo City, and the mother of Xu Shidong, a Qing Dynasty bibliophile. At the age of 18, Zhang Zhongmou was admitted to the world-famous Harvard University, the only one among the more than 1,000 new students at Harvard that year Chinese. However, after less than a year at Harvard, Zhang Zhongmou transferred to the Mechanical Department of MIT because of the "money" approach.
When he graduated from college in 1953, Mr. Zhang received offers from two companies, one from auto giant Ford and the other from an unknown semiconductor company. Although he liked Ford very much in his heart, Zhang Zhongmou found that the salary given by Ford was "$1" lower than that of the semiconductor company, and because of the gap of "1 dollar", Zhang Zhongmou finally chose to enter the semiconductor company.
At that time, the global semiconductor industry had just started for 3 years, and Zhang Zhongmou did not expect that the industry he had entered by mistake would stir up the storm in the future information age and help him become the godfather of chips.
Although he had never been exposed to semiconductors before, Zhang Zhongmou, who had a high IQ and loved to learn, mastered industry knowledge in only 1 year, changed from a layman to an industry expert, and then jumped to the industry giant "Texas Instruments". At this company, Zhang Zhongmou spent 25 years climbing to the position of vice president, with an annual salary of tens of millions of dollars, managing more than 30,000 employees around the world.
In 1983, zhang Zhongmou, who was 52 years old and should have planned a retirement life, chose to resign from Texas Instruments at this time, and founded TSMC 4 years later, with a new business model of "only doing chip foundry manufacturing services, allowing semiconductor companies to focus on design" and advanced chip manufacturing technology, quickly won 53% of the global foundry market, in 2017, TSMC's market value exceeded trillions, surpassing industry giants such as IBM and Intel.
Second, the 70-year-old young female secretary of the flash marriage, carefully caring for his wife' body
In 1985, before founding TSMC, Zhang Zhongmou served as the president of the Institute of Industry and Research in Baodao, and a secretary named Zhang Shufen admired him very much, but at that time, he did not show his heart for family reasons. In 2001, Zhang Zhongmou's wife died, and Zhang Shufen could not wait to "confess" to her former superiors, and then the two fell in love under her pursuit. Just 2 months later, 70-year-old Zhang Zhongmou married the secretary who was 13 years younger.
In order to spend more time with his new wife, Zhang Zhongmou stipulated that he only worked 50 hours a week and returned home at 6 o'clock every day to eat with his wife. In order to please his wife, he also bought a studio for Zhang Shufen, who likes to paint, asked for the guidance of Parisian masters, held a painting exhibition in a world-renowned exhibition hall, and also expressed his deep feelings at the exhibition site: "The biggest achievement in my life, in addition to TSMC, is Zhang Shufen." ”
In order to accompany his wife for a longer time, Zhang Zhongmou also attaches great importance to the maintenance of his body. Stick to daily exercise, maintain a light diet, get up early for a glass of fresh vegetable juice, barely eat out, and hire nutritionists and celebrity chefs to tailor healthy meals.
Also paying so much attention to physical care is Li Ka-shing, the 94-year-old richest man on Hong Kong Island. Li insisted on getting up at 4 a.m. to play golf, and according to recently exposed photos, his diet was also very light, with only a plate of green vegetables and a bowl of white rice on the table. In addition, it is rumored that Lee also spends 1.56 million yuan a year using a young substance called "Ai Mu Yin".
It is reported that the above substances were developed by the laboratory of Professor Sinclair of Harvard University, which can reverse the aging indicators such as mitochondria, DNA recovery ability, SIRT protein, etc., and help the middle-aged and old groups return to their youthful state. In the University of Tokyo trial, participants over the age of 65 were pushed back to the level of young adults after supplementing with the substance "Aimuyin".
And like Zhang Zhongmou, Li Ka-shing also has a confidant with a red face, Miss Zhou, who is 33 years younger than himself, and the two will hold hands and go shopping like young lovers, or because of the blessing of "Ai Muyin", the Li family in the photo does not look like a ninety-year-old man at all.
Third, open a new stage
In April last year, the 90-year-old Zhang Zhongmou also received countless applause with a 1-hour speech, in which he pointed out the dilemma of today's semiconductor industry and the future situation, which was praised by netizens as "quite Buffett, Charlie Munger's feeling, which makes people awe-inspired." It can also be seen from this that Zhang Zhongmou is still flexible in mind and does not lose his style to young people.
Today, Zhang Zhongmou has officially "unloaded his armor and returned to the field", TSMC has also maintained stable development under the leadership of the new head, and Zhang Zhongmou, who has retreated behind the scenes, has opened a new stage in his life and is planning to lead his beloved wife to travel around the world.