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- <text id=89TT2152>
- <title>
- Aug. 21, 1989: Business Notes:Computers
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1989
- Aug. 21, 1989 How Bush Decides
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- BUSINESS, Page 47
- Business Notes
- COMPUTERS
- The Son Also Sets
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Sons of famous men often stumble when they try to follow in
- their father's footsteps. That fate has befallen Frederick
- Wang, 38, son of Wang Laboratories founder An Wang. The younger
- Wang, who took over as president of the troubled company nearly
- three years ago, gave up the job last week. He was apparently
- pushed out by his father, who retains the chairmanship and who
- told a reporter that he graded his son at "75%." A new president
- will be recruited from outside.
- </p>
- <p> Frederick Wang's departure came a week after the firm
- reported a $424 million loss for the fiscal year ending in June.
- Wang Lab's woes stem from its failure to shift from
- minicomputers to industry-standard personal computers.
- </p>
- <p> Even before last month, when the senior Wang underwent
- surgery for cancer of the esophagus, Wall Street suspected that
- the family-controlled company might be put up for sale. Now that
- Wang's heir apparent has stepped aside, that prospect seems even
- more likely.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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