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7 July 2011 1,290 views 3 Comments

As doppelgängers go, this guy is pretty good and his current gig has to be better than teaching English to kids at some bushiban for $20 an hour — trust me, it only sounds like good money. Interestingly, other than the fact that he bears a reasonable resemblance to the Apple CEO, we don’t know anything about him.

That said, if doppelgänger guy can work up a decent approximation of Steve Jobs’ delivery and mannerisms, he could make a living out of his genetic good luck.

Whatever the case, Tongyi (a.k.a. President Enterprises, a Taiwanese foobev conglomerate and owners of the 7-11 franchise rights on the Silicon Isle) has a hot commodity and perhaps an international phenomenon on their hands…

What’s your take?

via Dan Bloom, All Things D

3 Comments »

Biko Lagg said:

My take is that you been there, done that, and you know your buxibans from your anshen bans, and bravo, great post, Mr Doppelganger blogger! This ad is airing on Taiwan TV channels this week, I tried to contact Presidentay 711 Corp but no reply as of press time and this vid is now going viral, glad to see you picked it up, too. What we really want to know is who is the doppel man? My guess it’s an expat doing something or other in Taipei, maybe teaching, not a model, but maybe a local NTU exchange student too. When I find out i will dish. Sign me, Biko Lang, south Taiwan, advert watcher 24/7 esp of the 711 kind. Cheers, Bloom Dan, 1949-2032

# 7 July 2011 at 3:58 am

Apple chairman shilling pumpkin seeds in Taiwan | FairerPlatform said:

[...] the last time we saw Steve Jobs doppelgänger guy he was shilling bottled tea for Taiwan’s President Group, yet another Taiwanese foobev conglomerate. However, aside from excessive use of corn sweetener, [...]

# 2 September 2011 at 2:14 pm

dan bloom said:

Turns out the tea ad guy was brook hall, longtime expat in taipei, a real actor and theater producer, NYC dance background,,,has done 60 commercails in Taiwan since 2004…..as for the new ad with pumpkin seeds, sure looks like him again, but cannot confirm but for now, must say it’s someone else…but can there can two people doing Jobs in taiwan? SmILE

# 3 September 2011 at 9:59 am