Lisa Su, Jensen Huang's Cousin and CEO of $210 Billion Company AMD, Encourages Mid-Night Hustle, Weekend Meetings. (Image:X/LisaSu)
Lisa Su, the CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), is a highly successful business leader, as she was recently named Time’s 2024 CEO of the Year. Su’s company, chipmaker AMD, is worth $210 billion, and she has been CEO since 2014 and has grown the company significantly.
Su is also known for personally checking prototype chips after they are delivered from the factory. She is the cousin of famous chipmaker Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.
She was born in Taiwan and moved to the US when she was three years old. She grew up in New York City and could write simple computer programs from a young age.
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Su is known for her hard-charging style of leadership. She expects her team to work hard, including on weekends. She also expects them to be able to discuss important documents in detail, even if they are sent late at night.
Su’s leadership style is not for everyone. According to Patrick Moorhead, a tech-industry analyst, those who don’t meet their commitments find it hard to survive at the company.
Su attended school in the Bronx and later studied electrical engineering at MIT. She earned a PhD in the same subject and started her career at Texas Instruments and IBM.
She joined AMD in 2012 and became CEO just two years later. Su credits her early career success to being lucky and trying new things every two years. Her hard work and leadership style have made AMD a highly successful company.
She was born in Taiwan and moved to the US with her family when she was three years old. Su grew up in New York City and developed an interest in math and science at a young age.
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Su earned three degrees from MIT and worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor before joining AMD in 2012.
She became CEO in 2014 and has since transformed the company, focusing on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies.
Under Su’s leadership, AMD’s market value has grown from $3 billion to over $200 billion. She has received numerous awards and honours for her achievements, including being named one of the world’s most powerful women by Fortune. As of 2024, Su’s net worth is estimated to be over $1 billion.
