There are not only such examples in ancient times, but also some famous entrepreneurs in today's society have made outstanding achievements in their careers in their later years and reached the peak of their lives. As a member of this group of outstanding people, this entrepreneur started his business at the age of retirement and is still supporting the vigorous development of his career. He is Zhang Zhongmou, chairman of TSMC, known as the father of semiconductors.
1. He started his company at the age of 56, and his life turned for the better in his later years.
193 1 an ordinary day, Zhang Zhongmou was born in a poor family in Ningbo, Zhejiang. While his peers were enjoying their innocent childhood, young Zhang Zhongmou had to leave his hometown with his father who worked everywhere. Before 18 years old, Zhang Zhongmou had traveled to more than 10 schools and visited 8 cities, and the hardships were far beyond imagination.
However, in such a difficult living environment, Zhang Zhongmou did not give up studying hard. After the college entrance examination, young Zhang Zhongmou was successfully admitted to Harvard University, and came to the United States alone, starting his arduous journey of studying. After coming to the United States, Zhang Zhongmou was very lonely, and the sadness of returning home made him too busy to take care of the mechanical major that he was not interested in. Therefore, he was repeatedly frustrated on the way to get a doctorate from MIT, which gave Zhang Zhongmou a great blow at that time.
However, he soon became active. After failing to get a doctorate, Zhang Zhongmou was determined to find an ideal job. Faced with the olive branch of many companies, Zhang Zhongmou finally gave up the famous Ford Company and chose a semiconductor company named Shivania on the grounds that the salary of the latter was one dollar higher!
For this dollar, Zhang Zhongmou pays more attention to the importance and dignity behind this dollar. So in 1955, 24-year-old Zhang Zhongmou successfully joined Shivania and began his life inseparable from semiconductors.
Today, many years later, Zhang Zhongmou recalled his original choice again and said excitedly, "The turning point in life is sometimes so unpredictable! A short phone call, coupled with impulsive youthful feelings, made me have a lifelong relationship with semiconductors! "
At that time, semiconductor was a completely unfamiliar field for Zhang Zhongmou, but with his diligence and cleverness, Zhang Zhongmou soon made small achievements.
Later, he came to work in Texas Instruments, where he really saw the scientific and technological power that could change the market structure, met Jack Kirby, a top expert in the semiconductor industry who won the Nobel Prize later, and gave him a lot of advice on engaging in the semiconductor industry.
196 1 year, during his work, Zhang Zhongmou was recommended to complete the doctoral examination in the Department of Electrical Engineering of Stanford University, the first institution in the semiconductor industry. 1964, Zhang Zhongmou, who has become the vice president of TI, once again reached the peak of his life. At that time, his scenery was infinite, leading 30,000 elite employees to compete with Intel in the semiconductor field.
Under the leadership of Zhang Zhongmou, Ti Yi has firmly occupied the first place in the world in the semiconductor industry with its rapid technological development and extremely favorable price strategy.
However, in Zhang Zhongmou's mind, he is not satisfied with the status quo. Although the existing achievements are brilliant enough, there is no motivation to move on. Do you want to be a manager all your life? Zhang Zhongmou asked himself. Finally, in 1983, Zhang Zhongmou left Deyi because of his disagreement. At this time, he is 52 years old, but he is still eager for a new starting point.
Opportunities are always reserved for those who are sure. From 65438 to 0987 in Taiwan Province Province, 56-year-old Zhang Zhongmou founded his own semiconductor company, TSMC, based on his accumulated technical experience and market insight in the semiconductor industry for many years.
At that time, the mainstream of semiconductor industry did everything from design to production. Manufacturing needs huge financial support, and design needs a high degree of technical concentration. This made most semiconductor companies at that time capital-intensive and technology-intensive, and it was extremely difficult for outsiders to enter the industry. In their minds, what is urgently needed is a semiconductor factory that can help manufacturing.
Zhang Zhongmou completely grasped the psychology of these people, so he decided to become a "sole producer". However, the initial venture was not smooth sailing. For the smooth development of TSMC, Zhang Zhongmou has made great efforts.
Lack of talent, he flew back to the United States to find former friends and subordinates to dig talents; Orders were scarce, and he had a hard time sending countless subordinates to the United States to seek orders. With Zhang Zhongmou's insistence for one year, he finally succeeded in impressing the president of Intel, Grove, and got the order of Intel 1988.
Under the reputation of Intel, orders are constantly flowing. Today, TSMC is not only the most profitable company in Taiwan Province Province, but also one of the most powerful enterprises in the world. Not only has the company's market value reached nearly one trillion yuan, but it has also repeatedly pressed Intel to become the world's largest semiconductor company.
At the age of 2.70, he got married because of love, the love story between him and his secretary Zhang Shufen.
Besides her career, Zhang Zhongmou's love story is enough to make people feel sad.
Neither Zhang Zhongmou nor Zhang Shufen's marriage is perfect. The two met because they became attached at work. As early as 1985, Zhang Shufen served as the secretary of Zhang Zhongmou. To outsiders at that time, Zhang Zhongmou had a bad temper, because a little mistake could make him furious, and only Zhang Shufen's optimistic and gentle personality could tolerate and understand him.
At that time, Zhang Shufen also broke up with her ex-husband who had been separated for 30 years, and she had long admired Zhang Zhongmou's talent. So two imperfect people comforted each other and finally came together.
In 200 1 year, 70-year-old Zhang Zhongmou and 57-year-old Zhang Shufen held a low-key wedding in the United States. After countless times of gossip, the two finally came together.
Today, 89-year-old Zhang Zhongmou is still struggling in the front line of the industry, leading TSMC to flourish. Zhang Zhongmou's life experience has inspired us a lot.
First of all, one's life should not be bound by age. No matter how others criticize, people can't lose their dreams, and they should pursue them bravely at any age.
Secondly, love has nothing to do with what others say. Love between two people is the best. The first love between Zhang Zhongmou and Zhang Shufen was spread by gossip that he coveted other people's wives. She was greedy for money, but neither of them was defeated. On the contrary, external pressure can prove their love.
Therefore, in our daily life, in the face of what we want to do and the people we want to love, we must be as brave as Zhang Zhongmou, not only to pursue dreams bravely, but also to pursue love bravely. Only in this way can we get the glory of our lives, and then, even if we are white-haired, what's the harm?