Barry Lam

Founder, Quanta Computer

Tatler Asia

Quanta Computer founder Barry Lam is revolutionizing the health care industry with the help of artificial intelligence

Quanta is the world’s largest manufacturer of PC notebook computers, and the company designs and manufactures for clients such as Apple, HP, Dell, Cisco, Fujitsu, and many more. Founder Barry Lam didn’t rest his laurels on being “Laptop King,” however, and by 2006 Quanta also became the world’s leading cloud server manufacturer.

In recent years, Quanta has started creating AI tools and now has an eye on disrupting the healthcare field, partnering with several hospitals to provide next-generation hospital equipment and cloud-based information solutions. The end goal is to develop smart hospitals that can improve the speed and accuracy of diagnosis and quality of treatment. Lam is also collaborating with the National Health Insurance Administration to use AI to integrate data from over 1.6 billion medical records.

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Barry Lam is also a renowned art patron and collector of Chinese paintings and calligraphy, and once spent US$14 million on a silk painting from Zhang Daqian, his favorite artist.