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Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su 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.
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Born 7 November 1969 · Q18207172
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Awarded Time 100 (2025).
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Was named as one of the "Architects of AI" for Time's Person of the Year
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Su was selected the Fellow of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI)
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Su's total compensation from AMD was $30
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Su was awarded the International Peace Honors Honoree "for her achievements in revolutionizing high performance computing, the donation of supercomputing power for infectious disease research, and inspiring people from a
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MIT named its new building 12, dedicated for nanotechnology research, under her name, and in 2023, Su ranked 49th in Forbes' list of "World's 100 most powerful women"
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Awarded Women in Technology Hall of Fame (2021).
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Won IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal (2021).
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Su was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award
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Was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Su was named one of “The World's Best CEO of 2019” by Barron's, Fortune's #44 "Most Powerful Women in Business", Harvard Business Review's #26 "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World", and Bloomberg Businessweek "The Bloo
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Su received the UPWARD "Women of the Year Award", "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Greater Austin Asian Chamber, elected to the National Academy of Engineering, Fortune's #6 "Businessperson of the Year", Global Semi
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“Puerto Rico and the Right of Accession”
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Attributed in part to its graphics and console chip business
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SFGate nominated her for their inaugural Visionary of the Year award, which "salutes leaders who strive to make the world a better place and drive social and economic change by employing new, innovative business models a
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2014).
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Career landmark: board of directors member (2014).
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One of the World's Greatest Leaders in 2017 by Fortune and was the first woman to be named Time magazine CEO of the year in 2014, and a second time in 2024
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About 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products
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And holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer
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Awarded IEEE Fellow (2009).
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Su was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), having published more than 40 technical articles
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Was selected as one of the "Top 100 Young Innovators" by MIT Technology Review, and the following year the YWCA gave her an award for outstanding achievement in business
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Due in part to her work with Emerging Products
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Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant for Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO
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Resulting in new industry standards and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions
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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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Studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Doctor of Philosophy (1994).
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Born 1969-11-07.
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