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Lisa Su
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Lisa Su

CEO of AMD, Semiconductor Industry Leader

$1.2Bnet worth

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Lisa Su Lisa Su is the CEO of AMD, a leading semiconductor company, whose visionary leadership has transformed AMD into a central player in global supply chains for AI compute infrastructure and high-performance computing. Under her stewardship since 2014, AMD's market capitalization surged from $3 billion to over $200 billion, positioning it as a key rival to Intel and Nvidia in the tech industry.

Overview

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su is an American business executive, computer scientist, and electrical engineer who has been the president and CEO of the American semiconductor company AMD since 2014.

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This profile section is complemented from Wikipedia for Lisa Su. American business executive (born 1969)

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1960s
1969

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su was born in November 1969 in Tainan, Taiwan

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su was born in November 1969 in Tainan, Taiwan

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1969

Birth

Birth of Lisa Su.

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1980s
1986

Su began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall...

Su began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall of 1986, intending to major in either electrical engineering or computer science

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1990s
1990

From 1990 to 1994, she studied for her PhD in electrical engineering under...

From 1990 to 1994, she studied for her PhD in electrical engineering under doctoral advisors Dimitri A

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1991

After earning her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Su obtained her...

After earning her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Su obtained her master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1991

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1994

1994–1999: Texas Instruments and IBM R&D In 1994, Su became a member of the...

1994–1999: Texas Instruments and IBM R&D In 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

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1998

The copper technology was launched in 1998, resulting in new industry standards...

The copper technology was launched in 1998, resulting in new industry standards and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions

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2000s
2000

2000–2007: IBM Emerging Products division In 2000, Su was given a year-long...

2000–2007: IBM Emerging Products division In 2000, Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant for Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO

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2001

MIT Technology Review named her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, due in part...

MIT Technology Review named her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, due in part to her work with Emerging Products

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2020s
2026

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2026

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