Eva Chen

Eva Chen
Eva Chen
陳怡樺
Born	Yi-Fen Chen; 1959 (age 64–65); Taichung, Taiwan
Occupation(s)	Entrepreneur, business executive
Children	2

Eva Yi-Hwa Chen is a

CRN Magazine named her as one of the "Top 100 Most Influential Executives in the Industry". She was fifth on the 2012 Forbes list of "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen".^[2]

Early life

Chen was born in Taichung, Taiwan. One of her earlier memories was when her house caught fire from some downed telephone wires. She struggled with a fear of telephones for years after the incident.^[3]

Chen attended National Chengchi University in Taipei where she earned a degree in philosophy. After graduation she worked briefly in the publishing industry. In 1984 she moved to United States where she received a master's degree in management information systems from the University of Texas at Dallas.^[2] Back in Taiwan, she worked briefly for Acer Inc. in their research department^[4] before leaving to write for a Chinese newspaper.^[3]

Career

In 1988, she co-founded Trend Micro with her brother-in-law

cloud storage service humyo in 2010.^[8] In 2012, she received a Cloud Security Alliance Industry Leadership Award for her contributions to cloud security in the Asia-Pacific region.^{[citation needed}

]

Personal life

Chen is married to Daniel Chiang, co-founder of

Securities and Exchange Commission investigated her for possibly underreporting her Trend Micro holdings.^[9]

She resides primarily in Pasadena, California, US with her son Peter and daughter Melody.^[10]

References

^ "The Insane Life of an L.A.-Taiwan-Tokyo Supercommuter". Bloomberg L.P. March 5, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen: Eva Chen". Forbes. March 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ ^a ^b Chen, Eva (December 13, 2008). "The Boss". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Greenberg, Andy (October 4, 2009). "Ten Minutes That Mattered: Trend Micro's Eva Chen". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Heather Clancy; Thomas Zizzo (February 27, 2006). "CRN Interview: Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen". CRN. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Chan, Isabelle (January 6, 2005). "A new Trend emerging". ZDNet. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Ruffalo, Rafael (April 30, 2009). "Trend Micro gains bigger Canadian presence". It Business. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Mellor, Chris (June 14, 2010). "Trend Micro lays down bread for humyo cloud service". The Register. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ Leyden, John (July 5, 2006). "Trend Micro CEO in SEC probe". The Register. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
^ "Eva Chen – CEO & Co-founder of Trend Micro". Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2012.

[1] "The Insane Life of an L.A.-Taiwan-Tokyo Supercommuter". Bloomberg L.P. March 5, 2012. Retrieved December 18, 2020.

[forbes-2] "Asia's 50 Power Businesswomen: Eva Chen". Forbes. March 2012. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[boss-3] Chen, Eva (December 13, 2008). "The Boss". The New York Times. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[4] Greenberg, Andy (October 4, 2009). "Ten Minutes That Mattered: Trend Micro's Eva Chen". Forbes. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[5] Heather Clancy; Thomas Zizzo (February 27, 2006). "CRN Interview: Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen". CRN. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[6] Chan, Isabelle (January 6, 2005). "A new Trend emerging". ZDNet. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[7] Ruffalo, Rafael (April 30, 2009). "Trend Micro gains bigger Canadian presence". It Business. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[8] Mellor, Chris (June 14, 2010). "Trend Micro lays down bread for humyo cloud service". The Register. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[9] Leyden, John (July 5, 2006). "Trend Micro CEO in SEC probe". The Register. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

[10] "Eva Chen – CEO & Co-founder of Trend Micro". Archived from the original on November 8, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2012.

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