The success story of ATIs founder of technology (from selling vegetables to wealth)
" Cook Leon is " the founder of ATI Technologies, was born in 1950 to the family of a Chinese ancient possessed millions but lost at the hands of the Chinese communist revolution , was " Cook " the youngest member of the family and had a garden planted with some vegetables who shall is to sell , and when it narrowed the case 's mother decided He went to Hong Kong to work there, where he had plenty of factories and jobs, and he sent every money available to his family as an expatriate . In 1962 the whole family met again but in Hong Kong with their father they lived in a one-room house , Life did not end " Cook Yun-ho"At that point, he even managed to establish ATI Technologies and was able to turn from a poor person who sold vegetables in his youth to a wealthy and successful businessman. Know his success story below.
Study and work : -
He got " Cook " on a scholarship to study electrical engineering at the Chaing Kong University of Taiwan, and in 1974 finished his studies, and after graduating he got a job opportunity for a company Control Data , and then go to work for the company Phillips and then worked at the National , and then headed to Long Company For electronics to serve as general manager of the company.
Despite his many years of practical success, Cook decided to emigrate to Canada, hoping that his practical and scientific experience would help him get a job. But he did not find a job.
ATI Technologies:
Known as " Cook " Ali brothers "Brown and me " two graduates of Toronto University in Canada and possess a company called com Wai computer. The three friends decided to take on a new venture. They collected all their possessions and borrowed from their family and friends until they raised $ 300,000. Ati was founded as an abbreviation for Array Technologies Industry, a technology industry company. An upgrade that increases the memory of the computer and adds a serial and another output to the printer .
The company changed the name twice, in the first time was to change Array Technologies Inc , the second time it was changed to ATi Technologies Inc ( mean in Arabic matrix techniques ).
It is worth mentioning that the process of changing the name of the company was not chosen either in a gesture or in accordance with the whim of the partners, but to indicate the method used in the manufacture of electronic chips at the time . It is also worth noting that the company did not change its name after that, despite the change in manufacturing methods and the emergence of newer technologies, Acquired by the company and perhaps for other reasons.
Premium VIP Card:
In 1987 the " Cook " making display card named (VIP) and recognized that card it was working to combine all the criteria used in other products available in the market , and at that time the company has focused all its focus on the display card industry (Graphics Accelerator ). What Cook and ATI encouraged the decision was the availability of capital for manufacturing operations, especially with the launch of the IgA Winders and Vega Winders for IBM computers .
ATI was on the verge of bankruptcy, and its rescue needed to sell the cards in large quantities. Fortunately, Commodore Electronics offered to buy 7,000 graphics chips a week, and ATI returned with an estimated profit of $ 10 million.
Powerful management and new product : -
In order to ensure the continuity of your company, you have to have a strong financial management and innovative technical innovation does not stop at a certain extent , and this has already happened at ATI , in 1994 was launched its product developed chip ( Mach 64) and this segment was strong at the time as it added something It is very important for the computer that you can play the video on your computer without the need for an additional chip , this chip enabled the users of computers then run MPEG-1 video format without the need for expensive Real Magic cards , it is worth mentioning that ATI has developed this slide Later, computer users can watch a thousand Edit and edit them without the need for any additional chipset.
ATI buys competitors: -
The ATI company bought many of its competitors in the market companies to operate and produce under its name . In 1997 was the purchase of the company Tseng Labs , a company specializing in graphic slide industry, and in the following year revenue company exceeded ATI barrier one billion dollars has been selected , " Cook Leon is " a man works of the season in Canada , and in 2000 , the company purchased ATI company specialized in the production of display cards ARTX $ 400 million, and in 2002 was introduced to the first graphics processor through the Mobile company ( ATI ).
Step down , " Cook Leon is " about the company 's management: -
In 2004 the departure of " Cook " for the company 's management under the Board of Directors member , and in 2005 was announced by ATI Ka - size company in the world to manufacture graphics processors, and in 2006 merged ATI company with AMD company in a deal worth $ 5.4 billion, with science ATI kept its name and logo even though it became part of AMD.
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