Wallace Kou

Founder at SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

Net worth: 135 M $ as of 2026-05-30

68 year

Electronic Technology

Consumer Services

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Wallace Kou is the founder of Silicon Motion, Inc., founded in 1995, serving as Chief Executive Officer & Director.
Current jobs include President, CEO, Executive Director & MD at Silicon Motion Technology Corp.
since 2011, and President at Silicon Motion Technology (Hong Kong) Ltd. Former job includes Chief Architect & Vice President at Western Digital Corp.
Education includes graduate studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and undergraduate studies at National Chiao Tung University.

Known holdings in public companies

Company	Date	Number of shares	Valuation	Valuation date
SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CO 1.38%	2026-03-17	1,944,856 ( 1.38% )	135 M $	2026-05-30

Wallace Kou active positions

Companies	Position	Start
SILICON MOTION TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION	Founder	1995-10-31
Silicon Motion, Inc. Silicon Motion, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs and manufactures flash memory controllers and related products	Founder	1994-12-31
Silicon Motion Technology Hong Kong Ltd	President	-

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Former positions of Wallace Kou

Companies	Position	End
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION	Corporate Officer/Principal	1994-12-31

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Private companies	6
Western Digital Corp. Western Digital Corp. Computer PeripheralsElectronic Technology Designs, manufactures and sells hard drives	Electronic Technology
Silicon Motion Technology Corp. Silicon Motion Technology Corp. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs and develops semiconductor solutions for multimedia consumer electronics market	Electronic Technology
Silicon Motion, Inc. Silicon Motion, Inc. SemiconductorsElectronic Technology Designs and manufactures flash memory controllers and related products	Electronic Technology
University of California, Santa Barbara University of California, Santa Barbara Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
National Chiao Tung University National Chiao Tung University Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Silicon Motion Technology Hong Kong Ltd