Prince McleanHon Hai, which does business in the United States under the registered trade name Foxconn, retains its title as the ">largest privately owned company in Taiwan
"Foxconn was also the only company among the top-five Taiwan IT companies to register positive revenue growth in December," the publication reports. "The other members of the top five are Quanta Computer, Asustek Computer, Acer and Compal Electronics."
Apple also enlists the services of Quanta, Compal, and Asutek to produce many of its other product offerings. The company contracts Quanta to produce its iMac and iBook products, and has recently used Compal as the manufacturer of some PowerBook models. Meanwhile, Asutek is rumored to be the Taiwanese company responsible for churning out the company's new flash-based iPod shuffle player.
It's also believed that Apple may soon begin working with yet another Taiwanese manufacturer, AmTRAN, which sources say will manufacture the company's 'Asteroid' breakout box when and if it ever comes to market.
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wasn’t the breakout box actually a disguised Mac mini?
Privately owned does not mean single ownership but how would you like to be a 25% stakeholder in a company doing NT$413.35 billion (about US$12.92 billion) in 2004?
Think your job has pressure?
http://www.forbes.com/global/2003/0414/044.html
"Gou, who owns 25% of Hon Hai, ranked No. 256 on the latest FORBES billionaires list with wealth of $1.6 billion. One of his more interesting investments: a castle in the Czech Republic."
Who would have thunk that making DB connectors (I remember seeing FOXCONN logo on the Amiga odd numbered floppy connector) would help you rise to Billionaire status?