Lisa Su

Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su[a] (born November 7, 1969) is a Taiwanese and American business executive, computer scientist, and electrical engineer who has been the president and CEO of the American semiconductor company AMD since 2014. Su was born in Taiwan and immigrated to the United States with her family as a young child. After earning three degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), she worked at Texas Instruments, IBM, and Freescale Semiconductor in engineering and management positions.[2][4][5] She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies[6] and more efficient semiconductor chips[7] during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.[8] Su is also a member of The Business Council.[9] Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014,[10][11] after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer.[12] She previously was on the board of Cisco Systems[13] and is currently on the board of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association,[12] in addition to being a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Recognized with a number of awards and accolades,[2][12] Su was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014,[12] one of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune[14] and was the first woman to be named Time magazine CEO of the year in 2014, and a second time in 2024.[15] She also became the first woman to receive the IEEE Robert Noyce Medal in 2021. During her tenure as CEO of AMD, the market capitalization of AMD has grown from roughly $3 billion to more than $1 trillion.[16] AMD also overtook Intel in market capitalization for the first time. In 2024, Su was selected the Fellow of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).[17] She was named the tenth most powerful woman in the world for 2025 by Forbes.[18] She was named as on