In 1983, a 52-year-old senior executive at Texas Instruments was passed over for the company's top job.
He would go on to found and build the most strategically important company in the world.
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1/ Morris Chang was born into a middle-class family on July 10, 1931 in Ningbo, Chekiang, China.
The early years of his life were set against a backdrop of hardship.
Wars and widespread poverty had overwhelmed the country, exposing him to this suffering at a young age.
2/ His father - an official in the local government - encouraged Morris to focus on school.
Fleeing the violence of the ongoing wars, Morris and his mother moved frequently.
His studies became his respite.
In 1948, at the height of the Civil War, they moved to Hong Kong.
3/ In 1949, Morris Chang was accepted to Harvard University.
He moved to America.
After just one year at Harvard, he transferred to The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to study engineering.
He graduated in 1953 with a B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
4/ While he had originally intended to continue his studies and get a PhD, he failed his qualifying exam, so was forced to enter the job market.
He took an entry-level job with Sylvania Semiconductor, but quickly realized the company wasn't forward-thinking enough for his style.
