Mark Liu

Dr. Mark Liu is Chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC). Prior to assuming this post, he was President and Co-CEO of TSMC from 2013 to 2018, where he oversaw TSMC's leading-edge technology development, and was Co-Chief Operating Officer from 2012 to 2013. Before that, he served in a number of executive positions at TSMC, including Senior Vice President of the Advanced Technology Business and Senior Vice President of Operations. Dr. Liu established TSMC's first 12-inch fab, and later TSMC's GIGAFAB® operations. He also served as President of Worldwide Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp prior to its merger with TSMC. Dr. Liu joined TSMC in 1993 as an engineering deputy director and established TSMC's first 8-inch fab.

Before joining TSMC, Dr. Liu was with AT&T Bell Laboratory in Holmdel, NJ, from 1987 to 1993 as a research manager for the High Speed Electronics Research Laboratory, working on optical fiber communication systems. From 1983 to 1987, he was a process integration manager at Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA, developing technologies for Intel microprocessors.