Acer Inc.

Is Acer Inc. publicly traded?

Yes. Acer Inc. trades on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under ticker 2353. The company has been listed for decades and is a constituent of major Taiwanese market indices. More than 16 group subsidiaries also trade on Taiwanese exchanges.

When was Acer founded?

Stan Shih and Carolyn Yeh founded the company in 1976 in Taipei under the name Multitech. The Acer brand name was adopted in 1987.

Who owns Acer Inc.?

Acer is a widely held public corporation with no controlling shareholder. Institutional and retail investors own the shares, and founder Stan Shih holds a personal stake without a management role. Jason Chen serves as chairman and CEO.

What was Acer's most recent annual revenue?

For fiscal year 2025, Acer reported consolidated revenue of NT$275.63 billion, approximately US$8.6 billion, up 4.1 percent year over year. Net income was NT$3.78 billion. Momentum accelerated in 2026, with third quarter revenue up 25.1 percent.

Where is Acer headquartered?

Acer Inc. is headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan, in the Xizhi District. Manufacturing is outsourced to contract producers across China, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Taiwan.

Does Acer own other brands?

Acer's product brands include Predator, Nitro, ConceptD, SpatialLabs, and acerpure, all sub-brands of the core Acer name. The company also operates more than 16 listed subsidiaries in IT distribution, servers, healthcare technology, gaming, and fashion.

Stan Shih, his wife Carolyn Yeh, and five partners founded Multitech in Taipei in 1976 with NT$1 million in capital. The company started with microprocessor education and distribution, then moved into manufacturing early home computers and game consoles during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Multitech became one of Taiwan's first significant producers of IBM PC-compatible systems, launching the MPF series and later XT and AT clones as the global PC industry standardized. In 1987, the company adopted the Acer name and accelerated international expansion, building assembly and sales operations across Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

Through the 1990s Acer grew into a top-five global PC maker under a decentralized model that granted substantial autonomy to regional and product units. The model later created coordination problems, and by the late 1990s the company faced margin erosion and over-diversification.

Between 2000 and 2002, Acer executed a major restructuring. Its manufacturing operations were spun off as Wistron Corporation, allowing Acer to concentrate on brand and marketing. A separate split created BenQ for peripherals and consumer electronics. The restructured Acer emerged as an asset-light brand company, a model that distinguished it from vertically integrated rivals.

A new growth phase followed. The company's netbook line, led by the Acer Aspire One, rode the low-cost laptop boom of the late 2000s. In 2007, Acer acquired Gateway for $710 million, gaining the eMachines brand and, through a subsequent deal, Packard Bell. By 2009 Acer had become the world's second-largest PC vendor behind Hewlett-Packard.

The netbook collapse and tablet disruption hit hard in the early 2010s. Acer posted a record NT$20.1 billion net loss in 2013, prompting Gianfranco Lanci's departure as CEO and founder Stan Shih's temporary return. J.T. Wang and then Jason Chen guided the subsequent turnaround, cutting costs, rebuilding the product line, and investing in gaming and commercial segments.

The Predator gaming brand, expanded from 2015 onward, gave Acer a higher-margin growth engine. Chromebooks for education added volume during the pandemic era. From 2019, the company pursued its multiple business engines program, listing subsidiaries including Weblink International, Acer Synergy Tech, Altos Computing, Acer Gaming, and Acer ITS on Taiwanese exchanges.

Fiscal 2025 produced consolidated revenue of NT$275.63 billion, up 4.1 percent, and net income of NT$3.78 billion. The recovery accelerated sharply in 2026: second quarter results improved on the back of Windows 10 end-of-life upgrades, and third quarter revenue reached NT$91.82 billion, up 25.1 percent year over year, with net income of NT$2.13 billion, the highest quarterly profit in five years. Year-to-October 2026 revenue of NT$275.94 billion was the strongest for that period in 13 years.

Acer publishes an annual sustainability report aligned with GRI standards and participates in the RE100 initiative, committing to renewable electricity targets across operations. The Vero product line uses post-consumer recycled plastics in chassis and packaging, and the company reports supplier audits covering labor and environmental standards across its contract manufacturing base.

Emissions reduction targets cover Scope 1, 2, and 3 categories, with the largest share of footprint sitting in the outsourced supply chain and product use phases, as is typical for hardware brands. Acer has committed to net-zero goals for mid-century per its published climate strategy.

Acer and its products have received repeated recognition including CES Innovation Awards, Red Dot Design Awards, iF Design Awards, and Computex Best Choice honors. The company has appeared in Interbrand's Best Taiwan Global Brands rankings and Forbes Global 2000 listings. Acer was also recognized in TIME's World's Best Companies rankings and on Forbes' lists for diversity and employer performance in regional editions.

In March 2021, Acer suffered a ransomware attack attributed to the REvil group, which publicly demanded $50 million. Acer acknowledged abnormal activity on its network and said it had reported the incident to authorities, without confirming whether any ransom was paid. The breach exposed a limited set of internal documents.

The company has faced periodic criticism over bloatware shipped on consumer laptops and the handling of customer support in some markets. No major product safety scandals or regulatory penalties have affected the company in recent years.