Lisa Su | AMD CEO | Networth 1 billion

 

• Lisa Su, the CEO of semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices, has led one the greatest recent turnarounds in the technology sector.
• AMD's stock soared nearly 40-fold since Su became CEO in 2014 through early May 2024.
• Next, she's preparing for battle against Nvidia in the AI revolution, and expects to keep winning; Nvidia is run by her distant relative Jensen Huang.
• The daughter of a mathematician and a bookkeeper turned entrepreneur, Su was born in Tainan, Taiwan, in 1969, and immigrated to New York City at age 3.
• After graduating from the Bronx High School of Science, Su went to MIT, where she earned a bachelor's (and later a Ph.D.) in electrical engineering because it seemed to be the most difficult major.
• She did stints at Texas Instruments, IBM and Freescale, then joined AMD in 2012 and became CEO two years later.
• As of February 2024, she is one of just 26 U.S. self-made women and 26 hired executives to accumulate 10-figure fortunes.