Marcy 24.1990-Wang Computer Company founder Wang's death
March 24, 1990 February 28, (Gengwu years), the death of Wang, founder of Wang Computer Company. founder of the computer company the
tragic hero Wang Wang's death "target =" _blank "> Wang In March 1990, the Chinese-American, founder of Wang Computer Company Wang's death, aged 70 years old.
in 1920, was born in Shanghai, 16 years old admitted to the Shanghai Jiaotong University in 1945 as senior engineers and technicians to be sent to the United States to study in the fall of 1945, he entered Harvard University learning. Harvard University Ph.D. in Applied Physics in 1948 and 1951, he sold his invention the memory core franchise founded Wang Laboratories in Boston, with proceeds of $ 500,000.
1955, officially Wang computer company was established in 1964 to launch the desktop computer, Wang's stock market in 1967, 1976, Wang launched a new electronic word processor 1984 Wang toward the peak of the annual revenue of $ 2.1 billion , including a profit of $ 210 million.
1986 the Wang An 36-year-old eldest son of the king columns as the company's president and is responsible for the day-to-day business of the company (L $ djτ.cōm) 1989 Wang afford to pay $ 209 million arrears announced debt restructuring, the company lost $ 424 million this year. (on www.TodayOnHistory.com) Wang this year revoked the duties of the eldest son king columns president and assume their duties by Miller 1990 March 24, Wang died of cancer, Miller served as chairman of the board (history. cn)
year the company lost $ 716 million in 1991, announced a joint IBM and Wang. This joint, (L $ djτ.cōm) Wang can sell IBM computers and corresponding software., Wang declared bankruptcy on August 18, 1992 who had made him the foresight
Wang remarkable achievements and honors, Wang employees up to more than 3 million people, the annual turnover of 30 billion U.S. dollars in 1986, was listed as the fifth richest in the United States, 1989 into seeking American inventor hall " par with Edison inventor, has been granted to the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom. however, its strong conservative family values, lagging behind the times the internal management mechanism, PC and prospects for the development of computer network error prediction, the final lead to tragedy The giants of the computer industry, and Wang Computer Company.
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