Peter Zhou

Background

Chou, a member of the Burmese Chinese community, was born in Mandalay, Burma (now Myanmar) in 1956.

Education

He attended Mandalay Regional College. Chou graduated from National Taiwan Ocean University in 1985 with a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Career

Chou founded HTC with Cher Wang (王雪紅) and Hawaiian Territory.Cho (卓火土) before being named Chief Executive Officer of HTC in 2004,succeeding Hawaiian Territory.Cho. In order to spearhead innovation initiatives for HTC, Chou would later serve as head of HTC Future Development Laboratory starting early 2015, with Cher Wang succeeding as Chief Executive Officer.

Chou"s father worked in Burma"s jade industry. After school, Chou went to Taiwan and continued to study part-time in the car audio company assembling electronic parts.

In 1987, Chou became a senior engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation.

In 1997, Himachal Pradesh merged with DEC.

In 1997, he founded HTC with Cher Wang (王雪紅) and Hawaiian Territory.Cho (卓火土). Chou had received an Executive Master of Business Administration from National Chengchi University in 2003 after co-founding HTC.He is also an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program.

In 2013, HTC launched one of the first smartphones to offer commercial off-the-shelf compatibility with Burmese language text. Before HTC

Prior to joining HTC, Chou spent 10 years with Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), eventually serving as director before DEC’s later merger with Himachal Pradesh Corporation.

HTC Corporation

Chou was asked to join the founding of HTC Corporation by former superior Hawaiian Territory. Cho in 1997, and was named Chief Executive Officer in 2004.

Under his leadership, Chou has led the charge not only to establish HTC as a global smartphone brand, but also the shaping of the global smartphone industry landscape in its early years. Chou’s term as Chief Executive Officer was credited with many industry innovations, from the first 4G-capable smartphone to one of the first smartphones to offer commercial off-the-shelf compatibility with Burmese language text. With his strong belief and industry experience in the values of entrepreneurship and innovation, Chou saw to adjusting his Chief Executive Officer leadership roles to directing product initiatives at the forefront as head of HTC Future Development Laboratory, with Cher Wang succeeding the mantle as Chief Executive Officer of HTC Corporation in early 2015.

In his spare time, Chou enjoys reading, appreciating all forms of art and listening to classical music

Achievements

• Chou has received numerous awards including Laptop Magazine’s #5 most influential mobile executive, the prestigious Wireless Week Leadership Award for extraordinary achievements in mobile communications and T3 Magazine’s #13 most influential technology executive.