Semiconductor giant Intel announced the appointment of senior semiconductor industry person Chen Liwu as president. He will take office from March 18 to become Intel's fourth president in seven years. This appointment has attracted widespread attention from the technology community. In recent years, Intel has been in trouble in fierce competition, and it is generally believed that the company hopes that Chen Liwu will reverse the decline and regain its momentum.

Chen Liwu is a well-known American entrepreneur and investor and is known as the “godfather of chip venture capital.” This senior venture capitalist also has a deep connection with Singapore.

Public information shows that Chen Liwu graduated from the Department of Physics of Nanyang University in 1978 and then went to the United States to further his studies, earning a master's degree in nuclear engineering from MIT and a master's degree in business administration from the University of San Francisco.

In fact, his emotional connection with Nanjing University is much more than that.

He studied in Central China and lived in Yunnan Park, Nanda for more than ten years

In 1959, Chen Liwu was born in Malaysia and his father was the chief editor of Nanyang Business Daily. When he was seven or eight years old, Chen Liwu followed his mother Zhou Yushun, who was a dormitory supervisor in the girls' dormitory of Nanyang University, and lived in Yunnan Park of Nanyang University, where he spent more than ten years.

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Intel's semiconductor veteran Chen Liwu is president and shares rise by more than 10% after the market

Intel's semiconductor veteran Chen Liwu is president and shares rise by more than 10% after the market

Chen Liwu studied at Singapore Overseas Chinese High School and National Junior College. In 1975, he entered Nanjing University to study physics.

In 1987, he founded the venture capital firm Walden International in the United States, and in 2001 he expanded his assets to $2 billion.

In the 1990s, his investment tentacles extended from the United States to Asia, especially China, focusing on the fields of semiconductors, communications, electronics, software and information technology.

In an exclusive interview with Lianhe Zaobao, he mentioned the important impact of the Chinese environment in Yunnan Park on his career. “More than 10 years of immersion in Yunnan Park has laid the foundation for me to go from the United States to enter the Asian market without any disadvantage. Today I can make great progress in Asia, but it is not possible without a Chinese background.”

Chen Liwu has maintained close ties with Singapore for the past few decades. He served as a member of the board of directors of Nanyang Overseas Chinese High School in the late 1990s and assisted Central China in establishing connections with many outstanding American schools.

In 2005, Chen Liwu won the first Nanyang Excellence Alumni Award. From 2006 to 2011, he served as a member of the board of directors of NSU.

In addition, he served as a director of UOB and stepped down in 2014.

Since the 1980s, Singapore Government Investment Corporation (GIC) has also invested in Walden International's fund projects many times.

In 1992, under the promotion of Chen Liwu, local computer multimedia manufacturer Creative Technology successfully landed on Nasdaq, becoming the first Singaporean company to be listed in the United States.

In recent years, with the booming development of the artificial intelligence industry, Chen Liwu has also actively given back to his alma mater and supported Singapore's scientific and technological innovation.

In June last year, he donated 3 million yuan to Nanjing University to establish the first professorship of artificial intelligence for Nanjing University.

In November last year, he invested 5 million yuan to launch Singapore's first venture capital fund founded for the university, supporting Nanjing University's Jingshen Technology Starting Company. In an interview, he said that he had a special relationship with Nanjing University and it was time to help Singapore and build some local international platforms (enterprises).