Founders
Cher Wang (王雪紅, Wang Xuehong)
Born in 1958, the daughter of Wang Yung-ching, founder of Formosa Plastics and one of the richest people in Taiwan. Before HTC she founded VIA Technologies (chipsets). A co-founder and HTC's largest shareholder, she has been chairwoman of the board since 2007 and CEO since March 2015, after Peter Chou's departure. The main ideologue of the company's turn toward VR and "VIVE Reality".
H.T. Cho (卓火土, Cho Huo-tu)
A co-founder and the first chairman of the board (1997–2007). An engineer who came from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). He was in charge of manufacturing.
Peter Chou (周永明, Chou Yung-ming)
A co-founder, president, and then CEO (2004–2015). He came from DEC Taiwan. Under him HTC became Google's first Android partner and rose to third place in the world, but then lost the market. He left in 2015, later headed "Future Lab" and worked on the startup XRSpace.
Other Key Figures
| Name | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Liu (劉慶東) | President, chief operating officer | 2000s |
| Horace Luke | Chief Innovation Officer, the ideologue behind HTC Sense design | 2006–2011 |
| Scott Croyle | Head of design (One Design Studio), HTC One M7/M8 | 2008–2014 |
| Jonah Becker | Head of design after Croyle | 2014–2016 |
| Jason Mackenzie | President of HTC America | 2005–2015 |
| Chialin Chang | CFO, then president of the smartphone business; left in 2018 | 2012–2018 |
| Robert Downey Jr. | Face of the $12 million ad campaign "Here's to Change" | 2013–2014 |
| Yves Maitre | CEO (ex-Orange), the first CEO not from Taiwan | 2019–2020 |
| Charles Huang | Co-CEO (smartphones) | 2017+ |
| Dan O'Brien | Head of VIVE in the Americas | 2016+ |
| Raymond Pao | Head of VIVE, XR product | 2019+ |
| Alvin Wang Graylin | President of HTC China, VR evangelist | 2016–2023 |
| Wendy Lin | Vice president of VIVE (Asia) | 2020+ |
After Yves Maitre's departure in September 2020, Cher Wang became CEO again (while also serving as chairwoman).