Dr. Lisa Su, CEO of AMD, has been honored as TIME’s CEO of the Year for 2024, coinciding with her decade-long tenure at the helm of the company and AMD’s 55th anniversary. This recognition celebrates Dr. Su’s transformative leadership and her role in driving AMD’s advancements in AI and semiconductor technology.
Under Dr. Su’s guidance since 2014, AMD has achieved extraordinary milestones:
- Market Dominance: AMD’s market capitalization soared from $2 billion to over $200 billion in just 10 years.
- Data Center Leadership: Server revenue share grew from a mere 1% to nearly 34%, driven by the success of AMD EPYC processors.
- Supercomputing Excellence: AMD powers 50% of the world’s top 10 fastest and 40% of the most energy-efficient supercomputers.
- Strategic Acquisitions: Key acquisitions include Silo AI, ZT Systems, Pensando, and Xilinx, bolstering AMD’s AI infrastructure and adaptive computing portfolio.
- R&D Investment: Annual R&D spending increased fivefold, reaching $5.9 billion in 2023, with over $1 billion allocated to expanding AMD’s AI ecosystem in the last year alone.
Dr. Su’s leadership has positioned AMD as a global powerhouse in AI and semiconductor innovation, cementing her status as a trailblazer in the industry. Born in Taiwan and raised in the U.S., Dr. Su earned a PhD from MIT and held pivotal roles at IBM before joining AMD in 2012.
