Jason Chen (Chinese: 陳俊聖; pinyin: Chén Jùnshèng) is the current chairman and CEO of Taiwan-based Acer Inc. Before joining TSMC, Chen worked for 14 years at Intel, holding a variety of sales and marketing positions.
[1] Prior to joining Acer, Chen served as senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at TSMC under its founder Morris Chang for a decade.
[2] Chen is a major departure from previous Acer CEOs in that he hails from a sales and marketing business background as opposed to an electrical engineering one.
[3][4][5] In June 2014, Acer Chief Executive Jason Chen said in an interview at the company's Taipei headquarters Thursday, "We have to expand our product offering from PC to other faster-growing segments, especially smartphones and tablets," "If you look at the top 20 most valuable enterprises in the world, none of them are pure hardware companies.
[8] In Feb. 2018, Acer CEO Jason Chen says gaming and esports will buttress the company’s turnaround effort.