Lin, known to those in the business as "Elder Brother," traces the origins of TTG back to 1984. At that time traditional industrial firms were fleeing Taiwan, but Lin figured that if you moved every time land and labor costs rose, your firm would be fated to end up a "nomadic refugee."
被業界公推為「大哥」的林肇睢表示，TTG 的雛形最早應該追溯到 1984 年，當時台灣產業紛紛外移，他卻認為企業若只考慮土地和人工成本而遷移，將難以擺脫游牧式的企業難民宿命。