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Lim Charles Changwan is the founder and largest shareholder of Uniquest.

Born on November 4, 1962, in the United States, he graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in sociology.

He began working at Samsung Electronics’ U.S. branch in 1986, and in 1993, he established Uniquest, a non-memory semiconductor supply company, in San Jose, San Francisco.

In 1995, he incorporated the company and founded Uniquest Korea.

In 2004, he listed Uniquest on the Korea Exchange.

Lim managed Uniquest as CEO until 2011, when he transitioned the company to a professional management system.

Throughout the 2000s, he helped modernize and improve Korea’s semiconductor distribution market, breaking away from outdated practices and competing alongside global distribution companies, thus contributing to the growth of Korea’s semiconductor industry.