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In the list of the 50 richest people in Taiwan in 2024 published by the US financial magazine Forbes, Lin Baili, the 75-year-old chairman of Guangda Computer Group in Taiwan, is the richest man in Taiwan with a net worth of $11.7 billion. Lin Baili grew up in a slum, and now he is one of the world's largest mobile computer manufacturers, and his inspirational career is said to be a legendary story. For decades, Lin Baili's self-created tortoise philosophy has led Guangda to rise steadily. On May 4, 2024, Lin Baili published a congratulatory speech at the 36th anniversary of the establishment of Guangda, saying that Guangda is not a boomer but a tortoise, Lin Baili was born in Shanghai in April 1949, and when he was half a year old, his parents took him to escape to Hong Kong. Although he grew up in a slum, his childhood was very happy. When he was a child, Lin Baili was very interested in animals and plants. He often asked the teacher some questions, but the answer was not to ask so many. The teacher could not find the answer, so Lin Baili had to think about it himself, gradually developing a habit of independent thinking. When he was in the first grade of elementary school, after listening to the story of the tortoise and the rabbit race, Lin Baili came up with a reason. The reason why the tortoise can win in the end is that it focuses on the goal and does not give up. Personality is the key to deciding victory. Benefiting from the small prediction of the beginning of the enemy, Lin Baili led Guangda in the process of flying into the city in the future, always upholding the concept of tortoise philosophy, silently accumulating strength, steadfast, responsible, and persistent. When he was in high school, Lin Baili showed a strong interest in astronomy and physics. He liked to read books. When he could not understand, he often went to see the stars and science fiction films in the sky alone. He also liked to think about problems. For example, when he saw Edison's story, he was curious about why the light bulb would shine. At that time, Lin Baili had the potential to actively innovate. He described himself like this. I have been good at playing chess since I was a child, but I have never fought with the pattern. I always fight with my own appearance. I just want to do something different. This is innovation. Lin Baili, who likes to think independently, has a characteristic. He only reads the books he likes. If he doesn't like it, he doesn't want to study. So later, when he was admitted to Hong Kong University, he encountered the first setback of his life. Lin Baili had self-discipline. Because what they took was different from what I studied. After failing the exam, Lin Baili did not give up. After going through a hard time, next year, as a good student, he entered the electrical engineering department of National Taiwan University and obtained a master's and master's degree. When he was in the fourth year of college, Lin Baili was fascinated by computers. He and his classmate, Wen Shiren, jointly developed Taiwan's first mini computer and won the Youth Award awarded by President Jiang Jingguo. After graduation, Lin Baili served as the chief engineer of Sanyai Electronics. In April 1973, Lin Baili, Wen Shiren, Liang Cizhen, Yao Sichuan, Zhou Yongjia, and Jiang Yingchun left Sanyai Electronics and founded Jinbao Electronics. He later became the general manager of Jinbao Electronics and the new general manager of Renbao Computer Company. In 1987, a fire broke out in Renbao Computer Company, which changed Lin Baili's fate. In order to take responsibility, Lin Baili resigned and left Jinbao Electronics, This gave Lin Baili time to devote himself to designing his beloved first computer. In May 1988, 39-year-old Lin Baili and his friend Liang Cizhen jointly founded Guangda Corporation. He and a dozen friends from Jinbao, Yingyeda, and Wangshi Computer rented two floors in a ten-story building near Jiantan in Shilin District, Taipei, and launched Guangda's first production line of laptop computers. The initial capital was only 30 million yuan. It was different from being a factory manager at Sanyai Electronics. Lin Baili took care of all the big and small things in the new company. Although it was hard, he was happy about it. He hoped to have the spirit of a turtle and only let himself move forward step by step without looking back. He was low-key and steadfast in his career. This built a good foundation for Guangda in the future. All of Guangda's employees are familiar with Lin Baili's spirit of a turtle. Yang Xiuyue, who served as deputy director of the Guangda Computer Finance Department, pointed out, If a turtle compares with a rabbit, it can't beat a rabbit. But the turtle only compares with itself and moves forward step by step. Lin Baili later recalled that in order to develop a new order, he and Wang Zhenyu, who later became the deputy president of Guangda Computer Finance Department, carried a heavy 15-pound laptop with an accessory printer and sold it to customers in person. In order to improve efficiency, as long as there is an order, the price list will be printed out to customers on the spot. The two were also very frugal. They went on business trips abroad and only stayed in ordinary car hotels. They went everywhere in the day and went back to strange hotels to sleep at night. Every day, their shoulders were blackened by their belts. And Lin Baili thought, of course, the small company should come by itself. There was an interesting little story in Guangda. Lin Baili could assemble a laptop in the dark. After two years of hard work, Guangda's business gradually stabilized and gained international customers such as Dell. In 1998, Guangda's first-of-its-kind laptops sold more than a million units. In 1999, it became the world's leading laptop supplier and owned companies such as Guanghui Electronics and Guangming Lighting. In the same year, Guangda's stock listed on the market. In 2001, Guangda became the world's largest laptop manufacturing plant. Two thousand years later, the global technology industry quickly developed into a diversified one. Lin Baili realized that he should reduce his dependence on single-use products and thought that cloud would replace laptops, so he made an important decision. This decision became a major turning point in Guangda's development. He joined the army to develop a cloud server and set up a research center in Guangda. In 2006, they won their first cloud business. In Lin Baili's view, Guangda's innovative steps must follow the trend of the future and apply it to the future of mankind. In 2004, Lin Baili went to the A.I. Research Institute This made him realize that the A.I. is a very large market. It was at this time that he met the founder of A.I. and the American A.I. chip manufacturer Invida, Huang Renxun. Since then, the two have been closely cooperating. Invida sent the world's first A.I. supercomputer DGX-1 to OpenAI in 2016. In 2023, the latest A.I. server was developed in cooperation with Guangda. Invida was founded by Huang Renxun in 1993. Since 2024, Invida, which has led the trend of artificial intelligence, has risen by 147%. Its top processor is not hard to find. On June 5, Invida's stock price rose again, surpassing Apple to become the second-highest company in the world, second only to Microsoft. This Taiwanese-American entrepreneur was born in Taiwan. With a value of 29.8 billion US dollars, In 2024, he became the richest man in the United States. Huang Renxun did not forget Taiwan. He cooperated with Taiwanese manufacturers In May 2023, Huang Renxun personally visited Yunda Technology in Guangda. In the exhibition hall of the Taipei International Computer Exhibition, he listened to Yunda. He said, In the process of the rebirth of the computer industry, large-scale computers will be replaced. This is a golden opportunity for Taiwan and Yunda. Invida must seek Yunda's assistance. In 2023, AI was popular in Taiwan. Later, the stock price in Guangda soared all the way. In just half a year, the stock price rose nearly three times. By October 6, 2023, the market value has risen to 9,830 billion Taiwan dollars. According to Forbes, the wealth of Lin Baili has soared to 108 billion US dollars. From the 9th place in 2022, Lin Baili, the new richest man in Taiwan, rushed to Taiwan in January. Lin Baili, who sat on the throne of the new richest man in Taiwan, also spoke to the then vice president, Lai Ching-de, that AI is a national strength. There are many opportunities in Taiwan, not only in the Taiji Hall of Huguoshenshan. He emphasized, Taiwan has a very good competitive position. From the upstream chip RAM to the downstream server 0 component, machine cabinet assembly, all can be made. In 2024, after the strongest AI chip on the surface of NVIDIA, GB200, the industry was strong. Lin Baili took over Google, Amazon AWS, Meta, and other three cloud service providers, GB200 servers. According to the US Department of Foreign Affairs, the price of the NVIDIA GB200 machine cabinet system is astonishing. The average price is $2 million to $3 million. It will bring a significant increase in the scale of server sales to Guangda in the second half of the year. According to the French, Guangda's overall server sales this year are expected to increase by 60%. In May 2024, Huang Renxun appeared again at the Taipei International Computer Exhibition. Under the pursuit of a large number of media, he still cares about Guangda, and warmly introduced to the media the secret weapon of Yunda Technology, the super-large-scale HPC AI server jointly built by Yunda and NVIDIA. After more than 20 years of layout in the server supply area, Guangda's current design and production capacity are ahead of other manufacturers. Now, Guangda has become the global leader in AI servers. For 35 years, Guangda has undergone three major transformations, from the first computer, Yunda, to the AI server. AI has become the new pet of mankind in recent years, but the deep risks it poses to society and mankind may not yet be deeply recognized by people. Mankind will rely too much on AI to make all the decisions, and will no longer work and think, and will eventually become a puppet of AI, manipulated or changed to think and act. In 2023, the founder of the U.S. space technology company and the joint founder of the A.I. lab, Musk, and more than 1,000 leaders and researchers urged the A.I. lab to halt the development of the most advanced systems. In an open letter, he said, AI developers are in an out-of-control race, developing and deploying more and more powerful digital thinking, so that everyone, including their creators, cannot understand, predict, or reliably control them. However, he is still confident in the overall prospects of the A.I. In May this year, he revealed to the outside world that the A.I. has become the core of Guangda's operation, and will lock in three sub-projects, which are smart movement, smart manufacturing, and smart medicine. Guangda has achieved great success, but he still boasts that he is not a good businessman. Otherwise, the scale of Guangda now should be larger. He is proud that he is an engineer who is good at research and technology. He shares the key to the success of the enterprise. Supervision, precision, resilience are the driving forces for our growth. Speaking of Lin Baili's leadership style, Li Durong, a generation of generals of Guangda, described Lin Baili as a major shareholder of Guangda, not like a boss, but more like a planner. Lin Baili is the youngest in Guangda's management team. He is quiet, not talkative, and speaks in a discussion style, not a command style. Li Durong said, the chairman is a dreamer, and the general manager is an executor. Lin Baili keeps coming up with new ideas, and the vice chairman and general manager, Liang Cizhen, help him implement them. Lin Baili is not only a successful entrepreneur, he is also an art collector. He owns more than 2,000 works of art, one by one. Lin Baili's latest art collection, Cool Chinese Painting, is a masterpiece of Zhang Dajian. Lin Baili believes, Chinese Chinese painting contains Chinese tradition. In addition to painting style, it also needs to have a deep foundation of calligraphy, culture, and culture. Chinese Chinese painting has style, has poetry, Lin Baili has collected at least 70 works of Zhang Dajian, which is a huge investment. In his own words, only investing in Zhang Dajian's painting, is more than investing in Guangda. Now Lin Baili is already the richest family in Taiwan, and his family heir is also being concerned by the outside world. Lin Baili and his wife He Sha met in Taichung. The wife was the school belle of Taichung University at that time. They got married after graduation and had two children. He Sha has a low profile, and rarely appears in public. According to the news, He Sha intentionally wanted to let his eldest son Lin Yuxuan take over, but Lin Baili had publicly stated that high-tech is an industry that makes money by the brain, and it is difficult to have children. The meaning seems to be inherited, not inherited. Lin Baili's second son Lin Yuhui used to work in Guangda Finance Department, but he prefers to start his own business. Regardless of his father's opposition, he founded a social networking site, Aimeiqi, which made the father-son relationship once tense. Lin Baili's health also shone a red light a few years ago. The media person Chen Wenqian revealed that in 2019, when he had lung cancer, he was with Lin Baili. This joint experience deepened the friendship between the two. Lin Baili, who is now 75 years old, thinks he is healthy and has a good mind. He plans to contribute another 10 years to AI with Liangcizhen, and will not retire easily.