Terry Gou, the billionaire founding father of main Apple Inc provider Foxconn, mentioned on Monday he was getting into the race to be Taiwan’s subsequent president as an impartial candidate.

Gou stepped down as Foxconn chief in 2019 and made a presidential bid that 12 months, however dropped out after he didn’t win the nomination for Taiwan’s principal opposition get together, the Kuomintang KMT, which historically favours shut ties with China.

Democratically ruled Taiwan will maintain the vote in mid-January.