William (Bill) Wang

Inducted 2020
Graduation Year 1982

William (Bill) Wang is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. William joined a rapidly growing computer monitor company. Confident that he could build a better monitor, William left to launch MAG Innovision and later, Princeton Graphic Systems. In 2002, William founded VIZIO in Fountain Valley with the mission to make expensive plasma and LCD technology affordable and with high quality. Four years later, millions of Americans owned VIZIO TV’s and by 2007 VIZIO became the leading HDTV brand in America. His personal accolades include Entrepreneur of the Year from Ernst & Young, Chapman University and the Orange County Business Journal, and the Forbes’ 25 Most notable Chinese Americans.