"Chiu Yung-han is a scholar, not a businessman. He has lots of ideas on ways to make money, but he doesn't have the burning ambition to throw himself heart and soul into making them become realities." That appraisal by a Taiwan executive who has known him for many years strikes the nail right on the head.
「邱先生終究是一個讀書人，不是商人；雖然賺錢的點子很多，但真正全神投注、付諸實現的企圖心並不是很強」，這是與邱永漢熟識多年的一位台灣企業主管的評語，的確一語中的。