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Lisa Su
AMD · Tainan, Taiwan
Engineer-CEO who walked into a written-off company and ran the most disciplined semiconductor turnaround in modern history.
Technical CEOTurnaround disciplineRoadmap honesty
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Company
AMD
Journey
Moves that mattered.
- 1995PhD MIT; joined Texas Instruments.
- 2012Joined AMD as SVP.
- 2014Became CEO of a near-bankrupt AMD.
- 2023AMD stock up 30x; outpacing Intel.
Struggles
Took over with AMD trading under $4 and Intel dominant everywhere.
Family
Married Daniel Lin. Cousin of Jensen Huang.
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Around the web
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- ↗wikipedia.orgLisa Su on Wikipedia
- ↗google.comAMD — official site
- ↗news.google.comLisa Su in the news
- ↗crunchbase.comAMD on Crunchbase
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Engineer-CEO who walked into a written-off company and ran the most disciplined semiconductor turnaround in modern history.
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