Editing Quanta Computer (section)

== History ==
The firm was founded in 1988 by [[Barry Lam]], a [[Shanghai]]-born businessman who grew up in [[Hong Kong]] and received his education in Taiwan, with a starting capital of less than $900,000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Quanta Computer|url=https://www.forbes.com/companies/quanta-computer/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=Forbes|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=History of Quanta Computer Inc. – FundingUniverse|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/quanta-computer-inc-history/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=www.fundinguniverse.com}}</ref> A first notebook prototype was completed in November 1988, with factory production beginning in 1990.<ref name=":0" />

Throughout the 1990s, Quanta established contracts with [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] and [[Gateway, Inc.|Gateway]], opening an after-sales office in [[California]] in 1991 and another in [[Augsburg]], [[Germany]] in 1994. In 1996, Quanta signed a contract with [[Dell]], making the firm Quanta's largest customer at the time.<ref name=":0" />

In 2014, Quanta ranked 409th on Fortune's Global 500 list.<ref>{{Cite web|last=中時新聞網|title=全球500大 鴻海擠進32名 - 財經要聞|url=https://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20140709001074-260202?chdtv|access-date=2020-10-30|website=中時新聞網|date=9 July 2014 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> 2016 is the strongest period with it being in 326.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fortune|title=Global 500 2016|url=https://fortune.com/global500/2016/search/?hqcountry=Taiwan|access-date=2020-11-23}}</ref> In 2020, Quanta dropped to rank 377.<ref>{{Cite web|title=《財星》全球500強出爐9台企上榜 台積電純益率奪冠|url=https://tw.appledaily.com/property/20200810/AQPEMVYPCCK4KBJVVUZCILPP6E/|access-date=2020-10-30|website=蘋果新聞網|language=zh-tw}}</ref>