During his 17 years as chairman of the Taiwan Power Co., Chen Lan-kao has made every effort to acquire top-quality personnel and equipment so as to ensure the company's rapid and continuous growth.
抗戰期間，陳蘭皋曾在兵工廠服務；抗戰勝利後，被派到台灣金屬公司工作，為當時台電電機主任孫運璿挖角到電力公司任工程師，從此與台電結下不解之緣。卅七年來，從工程師、副處長、處長… … 總經理次第擢升，擔任董事長至今已有十七年。