Tim Culpan, Columnist

Waiting for The Godfather Part II

The outgoing chairman of TSMC is a lion in the fast-paced semiconductor manufacturing business.
Photographer: Billy H.C. Kwok/Bloomberg
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Morris Chang's retirement shouldn't have come as a surprise, but it did.

At 86 years old, the founder and chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. was due to exit. But for the past few years he couldn't seem to let go, and more importantly, no one wanted him to.