Bowei Lee, MBA ’82

Bowei Lee, MBA ’82

Chairman, LCY Chemical Corporation

Bowei Lee is currently the chairman of LCY Group. Under his leadership, the group has grown more than 18 times over the past 23 years and established global operations through organic growth, joint ventures, and acquisitions. Today, LCY Chemical is not only one of the top three thermoplastic elastomer producers in the world, but also one of the leading chemical companies across petrochemical industry.

With a strong sense of commitment towards sustainability development and talent cultivation in chemical industry, Bowei has been active in petrochemical industry promotion and has also served in several academic organizations. After receiving his undergraduate and graduate degrees in chemical engineering from MIT and his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, Bowei was invited to participate in Chemical Engineering Visiting Committee from MIT and has also become one of the members of the Stanford GSB Advisory Council, providing numbers of scholarships in order to bring more Taiwanese young talents to the world-class university.

Bowei took on several important roles throughout his career, including managing director of Petrochemical Industry Association of Taiwan (PIAT), a director of Chinese Chemical Societies, a member of Chemical Engineering Advisory Committee of National Taiwan University, and a board member of Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation. Notably, he was also nominated as the fifth president of Taiwan Chemical Industry Association (TCIA) in 2016, while also becoming the founding director of Standing Committee of Alxa Society of Entrepreneurs & Ecology (SEE) Association, one of the few NGOs founded by entrepreneurs in China.