AMD CEO Lisa Su. Source: AMD
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Nvidia became the most valuable company in the world this month, overtaking Apple and Microsoft, thanks to its semiconductor chips which are at the forefront of the artificial intelligence boom.
But it’s the woman who leads one of Nvidia’s biggest competitors who is really capturing our attention. She is well on her way to becoming a global household name in leadership.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) CEO Lisa Su is an engineer who launched her career in semiconductor device physics more than three decades ago. Now aged 54, she was born in Tainan, the capital of Taiwan, before moving to the US with her parents when she was three and later taking on a career working to advance global chipmaking.
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