TOKYO -- Young Liu had huge shoes to fill when Terry Gou handed over the reins at Foxconn as he resigned as the company's chairman and CEO to seek the presidency of Taiwan.

As Foxconn's chairman and CEO, Young Liu has dramatically reconfigured the precision-engineered network he inherited from Terry Gou to diversify where and what things are built while also making the company less reliant on a single top decision-maker. (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
Mild-mannered CEO drives Taiwan company's diversification of production, clientele