Hsieh, Ming
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
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content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
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content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 973.6 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:36:27, audio/wav)
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content: 2016-06-29
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0011
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content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with Ming Hsieh, founder and CEO of Fulgent Genetics. Originally from China, Hsieh recounts his family background; growing up during the Cultural Revolution; studying at the South China Institute of Technology before transferring to the University of Southern California; adjusting to Los Angeles with support from his uncle and other Chinese students; marrying his first wife and raising his first two children; building his career at International Rectifier; founding AMAX Information Technologies; founding Cogent Systems and developing fingerprint identification technology; founding Fulgent Therapeutics; his naturalization process; the importance of philanthropy; and marrying his second wife and raising two additional children.