Fortune just released its 2025 list of the “World’s Most Powerful People in Business.” BYD founder Wang Chuanfu (王傳福) ranked No. 5—higher than Huawei’s Ren Zhengfei (任正非) at No. 7, and even ahead of TSMC’s C.C. Wei at No. 40.
Wang, who has shaken markets across the U.S., Europe, and even Taiwan with his low-cost EVs, is emerging as China’s most formidable new tech titan.
But here’s the twist: the origins of BYD’s EV empire are closely tied to TSMC’s very first production line.
That story, in detail, is what we’ll explore in this issue.
Wang, who has shaken markets across the U.S., Europe, and even Taiwan with his low-cost EVs, is emerging as China’s most formidable new tech titan.
But here’s the twist: the origins of BYD’s EV empire are closely tied to TSMC’s very first production line.
That story, in detail, is what we’ll explore in this issue.
