Gareth Chang

Gareth C.C. Chang (born 1943) was a member of the Apple Board of Directors from 1996 to 2002.

Early life and education
Chang's parents immigrated from China to the United States with their three children in 1949. They were sponsored by the family of Hugh and Wyllys Steepleton Yost in. He studied math and physics at and earned his M.B.A. at.

Career
Chang was recruited by as a research engineer on the  program. In 1973, he joined and rose to become the president of their international division.

Apple Computer
On September 10, 1996, Chang joined the board of directors of Apple Computer, then under CEO Gil Amelio. By the following year, Amelio was forced out after Apple had acquired Steve Jobs' company NeXT for its software technology. Chang and Edgar S. Woolard Jr. were the only directors to survive Jobs' purge of the board. Chang did not stand for re-election to the board in April 2002.

Media portrayals
Chang was portrayed by Clint Jung in the 2013 film dramatization Jobs. The quote attributed to Chang: “What are we going to do now?” can be traced back to a 1997  magazine article titled “That's great, Steve, but who's the CEO?”