Lisa Su

Lisa Su was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1969, and immigrated to New York City when she was three. Her father is a mathematician, and her mother is an entrepreneur. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Su went to MIT, where she earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and later her Ph.D. She cited the subject's difficulty as a motivating factor in pursuing it.

Su has bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has published more than 40forty technical articles and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers in 2009. In 2018, Su was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and received the Global Semiconductor Association’s Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.

Su was awarded an honorary doctorate by National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan. The award ceremony was held on June 2 in Austin, Texas, United States. During her speech, Su acknowledged that the recognition is especially meaningful to her as her father is an NTHU alumnus.Chun-hwaialumnus. Chun-hwai Su, Su's father, graduated from NTHU in 1967 with a degree in mathematics.

Lisa Su was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1969, and immigrated to New York City when she was three. Her father is a mathematician and her mother is an entrepreneur. After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Su went to MIT, where she earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, and later her Ph.D. She cited the subject's difficulty as a motivating factor in pursuing it.

Su has been credited with bringing AMD from the brink of bankruptcy and substantially increasing profits for the company. A Wall Street Journal article pointed out that when AMD was still struggling to survive, Su made the right decision to invest resources in the company's core products. Prior to the pandemic, the Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm, reported in 2019 that Su was the highest-paid CEO in the S&P 500, with an annual salary of US$ 58.5 million (NT$1.75 billion).

In 2020, Fortune named Su #2 on its “Business Person of the Year” list. That same year, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was the recipient of the Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award. In 2021, she was recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with the Robert N. Noyce Medal and was appointed by President Biden to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. She has been a member of the board of directors of Cisco Systems since January 2020 and serves on the board of directors for the Semiconductor Industry Association. Su has also received the following awards:

• 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50
• 2022 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2022
• 2022 Fortune Most Powerful Women
• 2022 International Peace Honors Honoree
• 2021 Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women
• 2021 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
• 2021 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2021 Member of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• 2021 Five Most Admired Female Leaders in Technology and Innovation
• 2021 Women in Technology Hall of Fame
• 2021 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Woman of Innovation Award
• 2021 Legend in Leadership Award of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute
• 2021 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2021
• 2020 Fortune Business Person of The Year (Ranked #2)
• 2020 Spirit of Silicon Valley Leadership Award
• 2020 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2020 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Robert N. Noyce Award
• 2020 Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award
• 2020 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

She has been a member of the board of directors of Cisco Systems since January 2020 and serves on the board of directors for the Semiconductor Industry Association. Su has also received the following awards:

• 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50
• 2022 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2022
• 2022 Fortune Most Powerful Women
• 2022 International Peace Honors Honoree
• 2021 Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women
• 2021 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
• 2021 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2021 Member of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• 2021 Five Most Admired Female Leaders in Technology and Innovation
• 2021 Women in Technology Hall of Fame
• 2021 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Woman of Innovation Award
• 2021 Legend in Leadership Award of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute
• 2021 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2021
• 2020 Fortune Business Person of The Year (Ranked #2)
• 2020 Spirit of Silicon Valley Leadership Award
• 2020 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2020 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Robert N. Noyce Award
• 2020 Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award
• 2020 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

NTHU President W. John Kao (高為元) (left) conferred the honorary doctorate degree upon Lisa Su (蘇姿丰).

Su was awarded an honorary doctorate by National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Taiwan. The award ceremony was held on June 2 in Austin, Texas, United States. During her speech, Su acknowledged that the recognition is especially meaningful to her as her father is an NTHU alumnus.Chun-hwai Su, Su's father, graduated from NTHU in 1967 with a degree in mathematics.

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions.She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014, after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer. She currently serves on the boards of Analog Devices, Global Semiconductor Alliance and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades, she was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014 and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune.She became the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert Noyce Medal in 2021.

In June 1994, Su became a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments, working in the company's Semiconductor Process and Device Center (SPDC) until February 1995.That month,IBM hired Su as a research staff member specializing in device physics, and she was appointed vice president of IBM's semiconductor research and development center. During her time at IBM, Su played a "critical role" in developing the "recipe" to make copper connections work with semiconductor chips instead of aluminum, "solving the problem of preventing copper impurities from contaminating the devices during production".Working with various IBM design teams on the details of the device, Su explained, "my specialty was not in copper, but I migrated to where the problems were".The copper technology was launched in 1998, resulting in new industry standards and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions.

In 2000, Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant for Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO. She subsequently took on the role of director of emerging projects, stating that "I was basically director of myself – there was no one else in the group". As head and founder of IBM's Emerging Products division, she ran a startup company and soon hired 10 employees to focus on biochips and "low-power and broadband semiconductors". Their first product was a microprocessor that improved battery life in phones and other handheld devices. MIT Technology Review named her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, in part due to her work with Emerging Products. Also through the division, she represented IBM in a collaboration to create next-generation chips with Sony and Toshiba. Ken Kutaragi charged the collaboration with "improving the performance of game machine processors by a factor of 1,000", and Su's team eventually came up with the idea for a nine-processor chip, which later became the Cell microprocessor used to power devices such as the Sony PlayStation 3. As of 2006, she continued to serve as vice president of the semiconductor research and development center at IBM, holding the role until May 2007.

Su joined Freescale Semiconductor in June 2007 as chief technology officer (CTO), heading the company's research and development until August 2009. From September 2008 until December 2011, she served as senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's networking and multimedia group, and was responsible for global strategy, marketing, and engineering for the company's embedded communications and applications processor business. As head of the company's networking-chip business, EE Times credited her with helping Freescale get "its house in order", with the company filing for an IPO in 2011.

Su became senior vice president and general manager at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in January 2012, overseeing the company's global business units and the "end-to-end business execution" of AMD's products. Over the next two years she "played a prominent role" in pushing the company to diversify beyond the PC market, including working with Microsoft and Sony to place AMD chips in Xbox One and PS4 game consoles.

On 8 October 2014, AMD announced Su's appointment to president and CEO, replacing Rory Read. Su stated that her plan for the company involved focusing on making the "right technology investments", streamlining the product line, and continuing to diversify, also asserting that she wanted to "simplify" the company and accelerate the development of new technology. A number of analysts praised the appointment due to Su's credentials, noting AMD was seeking growth in product areas where Su had "extensive experience".

When Su joined AMD in 2012, about 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products. By February 2015, roughly 40 percent of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such as video game consoles and embedded devices. In May 2015, Su and other AMD executives presented a long-term strategy for the company to focus on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies for three growth areas: gaming, datacenter, and "immersive platforms" markets.

Lisa Su was a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments in the Semiconductor Process and Device Center from 1994 to 1995.

From February 1995 until May 2007, Su worked at IBM in a number of engineering and business leadership positions, including vice president of the Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

After IBM, Su served as senior vice president, chief technology officer, and general manager of Networking and Multimedia at Freescale Semiconductor, a semiconductor manufacturing company. Her responsibilities included global strategy, marketing, and engineering for the company’s embedded communications and applications processor business.

Su joined AMD in January 2012 as senior vice president and general manager. Prior to taking on the roles of chair and CEO of AMD, Su served as a chief operating officer at the company and was in charge of integrating processes between business units, sales, global operations, and infrastructure enablement teams.

Su has bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She has published more than 40 technical articles and was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers in 2009. In 2018, Su was elected to the National Academy of Engineering and received the Global Semiconductor Association’s Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.

In 2020, Fortune named Su #2 on its “Business Person of the Year” list. That same year, she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and was the recipient of the Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award. In 2021, she was recognized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) with the Robert N. Noyce Medal and was appointed by President Biden to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. She has been a member of the board of directors of Cisco Systems since January 2020 and serves on the board of directors for the Semiconductor Industry Association. Su has also received the following awards:

• 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50
• 2022 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2022
• 2022 Fortune Most Powerful Women
• 2022 International Peace Honors Honoree
• 2021 Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women
• 2021 IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal
• 2021 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2021 Member of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
• 2021 Five Most Admired Female Leaders in Technology and Innovation
• 2021 Women in Technology Hall of Fame
• 2021 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Woman of Innovation Award
• 2021 Legend in Leadership Award of the Yale Chief Executive Leadership Institute
• 2021 Barron's World's Best CEOs of 2021
• 2020 Fortune Business Person of The Year (Ranked #2)
• 2020 Spirit of Silicon Valley Leadership Award
• 2020 Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business
• 2020 Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Robert N. Noyce Award
• 2020 Grace Hopper Technical Leadership Abie Award
• 2020 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In January 2016, Su announced that AMD was working on new FinFET-based chips to create a new line of microprocessors, products, accelerated processing units (APUs), graphics chips, and semi-custom chip designs for unreleased video game consoles. AMD's share value spiked in July 2016, when AMD reported strong revenue growth. Fortune attributed the "impressive" statistic to Su, stating she "continues to execute on her comeback plan ... key gains in graphics and video gaming console chips have boosted results as well as a savvy deal to license server chip designs in China".

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).(AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions.She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president and chief executive officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions.She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

When Su joined AMD in 2012, about 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products. By February 2015, roughly 40 percent of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such as video game consoles and embedded devices. In May 2015, Su and other AMD executives presented a long-term strategy for the company to focus on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies for three growth areas: gaming, datacenter, and "immersive platforms" markets.

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, and chief executive officer and chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions. Shepositions.She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014, after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer. She currently serves on the boards of Analog Devices, Global Semiconductor Alliance and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades, she was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014 and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune. SheFortune.She became the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert Noyce Medal in 2021.

In June 1994, Su became a member of the technical staff at Texas Instruments, working in the company's Semiconductor Process and Device Center (SPDC) until February 1995.That month,IBM hired Su as a research staff member specializing in device physics, and she was appointed vice president of IBM's semiconductor research and development center. During her time at IBM, Su played a "critical role" in developing the "recipe" to make copper connections work with semiconductor chips instead of aluminum, "solving the problem of preventing copper impurities from contaminating the devices during production".Working with various IBM design teams on the details of the device, Su explained, "my specialty was not in copper, but I migrated to where the problems were".The copper technology was launched in 1998, resulting in new industry standards and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions.

In 2000, Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant for Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO. She subsequently took on the role of director of emerging projects, stating that "I was basically director of myself – there was no one else in the group". As head and founder of IBM's Emerging Products division, she ran a startup company and soon hired 10 employees to focus on biochips and "low-power and broadband semiconductors". Their first product was a microprocessor that improved battery life in phones and other handheld devices. MIT Technology Review named her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, in part due to her work with Emerging Products. Also through the division, she represented IBM in a collaboration to create next-generation chips with Sony and Toshiba. Ken Kutaragi charged the collaboration with "improving the performance of game machine processors by a factor of 1,000", and Su's team eventually came up with the idea for a nine-processor chip, which later became the Cell microprocessor used to power devices such as the Sony PlayStation 3. As of 2006, she continued to serve as vice president of the semiconductor research and development center at IBM, holding the role until May 2007.

Su joined Freescale Semiconductor in June 2007 as chief technology officer (CTO), heading the company's research and development until August 2009. From September 2008 until December 2011, she served as senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's networking and multimedia group, and was responsible for global strategy, marketing, and engineering for the company's embedded communications and applications processor business. As head of the company's networking-chip business, EE Times credited her with helping Freescale get "its house in order", with the company filing for an IPO in 2011.

Su became senior vice president and general manager at Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) in January 2012, overseeing the company's global business units and the "end-to-end business execution" of AMD's products. Over the next two years she "played a prominent role" in pushing the company to diversify beyond the PC market, including working with Microsoft and Sony to place AMD chips in Xbox One and PS4 game consoles.

On 8 October 2014, AMD announced Su's appointment to president and CEO, replacing Rory Read. Su stated that her plan for the company involved focusing on making the "right technology investments", streamlining the product line, and continuing to diversify, also asserting that she wanted to "simplify" the company and accelerate the development of new technology. A number of analysts praised the appointment due to Su's credentials, noting AMD was seeking growth in product areas where Su had "extensive experience".

When Su joined AMD in 2012, about 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products. By February 2015, roughly 40 percent of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such as video game consoles and embedded devices. In May 2015, Su and other AMD executives presented a long-term strategy for the company to focus on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies for three growth areas: gaming, datacenter, and "immersive platforms" markets.

In January 2016, Su announced that AMD was working on new FinFET-based chips to create a new line of microprocessors, products, accelerated processing units (APUs), graphics chips, and semi-custom chip designs for unreleased video game consoles. AMD's share value spiked in July 2016, when AMD reported strong revenue growth. Fortune attributed the "impressive" statistic to Su, stating she "continues to execute on her comeback plan ... key gains in graphics and video gaming console chips have boosted results as well as a savvy deal to license server chip designs in China".

Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014, after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer. She currently serves on the boards of Analog Devices Global Semiconductor Alliance and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades, she was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014 and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune. She became the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert Noyce Medal in 2021.

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions. She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Lisa Su (born 7 November 1969) is a Taiwanese-American business executive and electrical engineer, who is the president, chief executive officer and chair of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). Early in her career, Su worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions. She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.

Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014, after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer. She currently serves on the boards of Analog Devices Global Semiconductor Alliance and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades, she was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014 and one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune. She became the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert Noyce Medal in 2021.