New Economy Forum
The Shenzhen Billionaire Following His Stanford Tech Dream
- Bill Liu’s startup makes flexible screens for phones, cars
- Ex-IBM scientist’s Royole Corp. stake valued at $2.1 billion
Source: Royole Corp.
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The idea came to him while lounging on the Stanford University lawn as an electrical engineering student: a flexible display that could be tucked away like a pen.
“Big screens that we can roll up and put in our pocket,” said Bill Liu, 35, founder of Shenzhen, China-based unicorn Royole Corp.