Lisa Su
{{short description|American electrical engineer and CEO of AMD (born 1969)}}
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| birth_place = Tainan, Taiwan
| education = Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS, PhD)
| known_for = Semiconductor design, silicon-on-insulator design
| title = {{no wrap|President and CEO of AMD}} (2014–present)
Chair of AMD (2022–present)
| relatives = Jensen Huang (cousin)
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| awards = IEEE Fellow (2009)
IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal (2021)
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Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su ({{zh|t=蘇姿丰}}; pinyin: Sū Zīfēng; born 1969) is an American billionaire business executive, computer scientist, and electrical engineer who is the president, chief executive officer (CEO), and chair of the semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices (AMD).
Su was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States as a 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.King, Ian. [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-17/amd-s-first-female-ceo-seeks-speedy-break-with-past-woes "AMD's First Female CEO Seeks Speedy Break With Past Woes"]. Bloomberg Businessweek. 17 October 2014.{{cite web
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|title = AMD hires former Freescale executive Lisa Su
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}} She is known for her work developing silicon-on-insulator semiconductor manufacturing technologies and more efficient semiconductor chips during her time as vice president of IBM's Semiconductor Research and Development Center.
Su was appointed president and CEO of AMD in October 2014,[http://biz.yahoo.com/e/141014/amd8-k_a.html Form 8-K/A for ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC, 14-Oct-2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017010028/http://biz.yahoo.com/e/141014/amd8-k_a.html |date=17 October 2014 }}, filed with SEC, visible at yahoo.com.Mark Hachman. 8 October 2014. [http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824133/amd-names-lisa-su-to-replace-rory-read-as-ceo-continue-diversification-strategy.html AMD names Lisa Su to replace Rory Read as CEO, continue diversification strategy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141010205810/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2824133/amd-names-lisa-su-to-replace-rory-read-as-ceo-continue-diversification-strategy.html |date=10 October 2014 }}. PC World.com. after joining the company in 2012 and holding roles such as senior vice president of AMD's global business units and chief operating officer.{{cite web |url=https://www.amd.com/en/corporate/leadership/lisa-su.html |title=Executive Biographies – Lisa Su |publisher=Amd.com |access-date=10 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103221544/https://www.amd.com/en-us/who-we-are/corporate-information/leadership/lisa-su |archive-date=3 January 2018 |url-status=live }} She previously served on the board of Cisco Systems{{cite web |title=AMD's Lisa Su Leaves Cisco Board of Directors |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-lisa-su-leaves-cisco-board-of-directors |website=Tom's Hardware |date=October 13, 2023 |access-date=June 8, 2024}} and is currently on the board of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association, in addition to being a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
Recognized with a number of awards and accolades, Su was named Executive of the Year by EE Times in 2014, 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. 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 $200 billion. AMD also overtook Intel in market capitalization for the first time. In 2024, Su was selected the Fellow of Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI).{{Cite web |last=三立新聞網 |date=2024-09-06 |title=黃仁勳、蘇姿丰入列！工研院新科院士出爐 5人名單一次看 {{!}} 財經 {{!}} 三立新聞網 SETN.COM |url=https://www.setn.com/News.aspx?NewsID=1526060 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.setn.com |language=zh-Hant-TW}}
Early life and education
Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su was born in November[http://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/43-lisa-su/ Lisa Su 蘇姿丰] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822154027/http://taiwaneseamericanhistory.org/blog/43-lisa-su/|date=22 August 2018}}. History of Taiwanese Americans. Retrieved 14 October 2018. of 1969 in Tainan, Taiwan. She was born in a Taiwanese Hokkien speaking family.[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwPfc4jsA3Y 「台南女兒」不得了！全球科技女強人蘇姿丰是南市卓越市民]; his uncle speaks Taiwanese Hokkien in this YouTube video. She immigrated to the United States at the age of 3 with her parents Su Chun-hwai ({{lang|zh-TW|蘇春槐}}) and Sandy Lo ({{lang|zh-TW|羅淑雅}}). Both she and her brother were encouraged to study math and science as children.{{cite web |last1=Baumann |first1=Greg |date=October 9, 2014 |title=Meet AMD's new CEO, Lisa Su: 7 things to know |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/09/meet-amds-new-ceo-lisa-su-7-things-to-know.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121103248/http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2014/10/09/meet-amds-new-ceo-lisa-su-7-things-to-know.html |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016 |website=Silicon Valley Business Journal}} When she was seven, her father, a retired statistician, began quizzing her on multiplication tables. Her mother, an accountant who later became an entrepreneur, introduced her to business concepts.
Su sought to become an engineer at a young age. She recalled, "I just had a great curiosity about how things worked". When she was 10, she began taking apart and then fixing her brother's remote control cars,{{cite web
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}} and she owned her first computer in junior high school, an Apple II.{{cite web
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|last = Campbell
|first = Allan
|date = 22 June 2012
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}} She attended the Bronx High School of Science in New York City, graduating in 1986.{{cite web |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/s/405802/found-in-translation/ |title=Found in Translation |last1=Dragoon |first1=Alice |date=May 10, 2006 |website=MIT Technology Review |access-date=November 19, 2016}}
Su began attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the fall of 1986, intending to major in either electrical engineering or computer science. She settled on electrical engineering, recollecting that it seemed like the most difficult major. During her freshman year she worked as an undergraduate research assistant "manufacturing test silicon wafers for graduate students" through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). The project, and her summer jobs at Analog Devices, fueled her interest in semiconductors. She remained focused on the topic for the remainder of her education, spending much of her time in labs designing and adjusting products.
After earning her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Su obtained her master's degree in electrical engineering from MIT in 1991. From 1990 to 1994, she studied for her Ph.D. in electrical engineering under doctoral advisors Dimitri A. Antoniadis and James E. Chung.{{Cite thesis |last=Su |first=Lisa T. (Lisa Tzu-Feng) |title=Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs |date=1994 |degree=Thesis |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |hdl=1721.1/11618 |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/11618}} MIT Technology Review reports that as a doctoral candidate, Su was "one of the first researchers to look into silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology, a then unproven technique for increasing transistors' efficiency by building them atop layers of an insulating material". She graduated with her Ph.D. in electrical engineering from MIT in 1994. Her dissertation was titled, "Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs".{{Cite thesis |last=Su |first=Lisa T. |year=1994 |title=Extreme-submicrometer silicon-on-insulator (SOI) MOSFETs |url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/11618 |location=Cambridge, MA |publisher=Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |hdl=1721.1/11618 |type=Thesis}}
Career
Su has been on the boards of Analog Devices,{{cite web |title=Lisa Su Official Profile |url=https://www.linkedin.com/pub/lisa-su/4/336/3ba |access-date=November 19, 2016 |website=LinkedIn}} Cisco Systems, Inc.,{{Cite web |last1=Kimball |first1=Matt |date=February 5, 2020 |title=Analyst Quick Take: Cisco Appoints Dr. Lisa Su To Board Of Directors |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorinsights/2020/02/05/analyst-quick-take-cisco-appoints-dr-lisa-su-to-board-of-directors/#528ae61664d8 |access-date=February 5, 2020 |website=Forbes}} the Global Semiconductor Alliance, and the U.S. Semiconductor Industry Association. As of 2016 she has published over forty technical articles and coauthored a book chapter discussing next-generation consumer electronics.
=1994–1999: Texas Instruments and IBM R&D=
In June 1994, 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. That month, IBM hired Su as a research staff member specializing in device physics, and she was appointed vice president of IBM's semiconductor research and development center.{{cite web |last1= Burton |first1= Graeme |date=October 9, 2014 |title=Semiconductor engineer, Dr Lisa Su, takes over from financial engineer as CEO of AMD |url=http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2374712/semiconductor-engineer-dr-lisa-su-takes-over-from-financial-engineer-as-ceo-of-amd |website=Computing |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030091443/http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2374712/semiconductor-engineer-dr-lisa-su-takes-over-from-financial-engineer-as-ceo-of-amd |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |url-status=live}}
During her time at IBM, Su played a "critical role" in developing the "recipe" to make copper connections work with semiconductor chips instead of aluminum, "solving the problem of preventing copper impurities from contaminating the devices during production". Working with various IBM design teams on the details of the device, Su explained, "my specialty was not in copper, but I migrated to where the problems were". The copper technology was launched in 1998, resulting in new industry standards and chips that were up to 20% faster than the conventional versions.
=2000–2007: IBM Emerging Products division=
In 2000, Su was given a year-long assignment as the technical assistant for Lou Gerstner, IBM's CEO. She subsequently took on the role of director of emerging projects, stating that "I was basically director of myself – there was no one else in the group". As head and founder of IBM's Emerging Products division, Su ran an internal startup and hired ten employees to focus on biochips and "low-power and broadband semiconductors". Their first product was a microprocessor that improved battery life in phones and other handheld devices. MIT Technology Review named her a "Top Innovator Under 35" in 2001, due in part to her work with Emerging Products.{{cite web |title=Dr. Lisa Su |url=https://www.amd.com/Documents/lisa-su-letter.pdf |website= AMD |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043628/http://www.amd.com/Documents/lisa-su-letter.pdf |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}
Through her division, Su represented IBM in a collaboration to create next-generation chips with Sony and Toshiba. Ken Kutaragi charged the collaboration with "improving the performance of game machine processors by a factor of 1,000", and Su's team eventually came up with the idea for a nine-processor chip, which later became the Cell microprocessor used to power devices such as the Sony PlayStation 3. She continued as vice president of the semiconductor research and development center at IBM, holding the role until May 2007.
=2007–2011: Freescale Semiconductor=
Su joined Freescale Semiconductor in June 2007{{cite web |last1=Poeter |first1=Damon |date=June 12, 2014 |title=Is AMD Grooming Lisa Su for CEO? |url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459455,00.asp |website=PC Mag |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122000456/http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2459455,00.asp |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |url-status=live}} as chief technology officer (CTO), heading the company's research and development until August 2009. From September 2008 until December 2011, she was senior vice president and general manager of Freescale's networking and multimedia group, and was responsible for global strategy, marketing, and engineering for the company's embedded communications and applications processor business. As head of the company's networking-chip business, EE Times credited her with helping Freescale get "its house in order", with the company filing for an IPO in 2011.
=2012–2014: AMD appointments=
Su became senior vice president and general manager at AMD in January 2012, overseeing the company's global business units and the "end-to-end business execution" of AMD's products. Over the next two years she "played a prominent role" in pushing the company to diversify beyond the PC market, including working with Microsoft and Sony to place AMD chips in Xbox One and PS4 game consoles.
On 8 October 2014, AMD announced Su's appointment to president and CEO, replacing Rory Read.{{cite web |last1=Ian |first1=King |date=8 October 2014 |title= AMD Appoints Lisa Su Chief Executive, Replaces Rory Read |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-08/advanced-micro-devices-appoints-lisa-su-as-ceo-replacing-read |url-access=subscription |website=Bloomberg |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122071134/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2014-10-08/advanced-micro-devices-appoints-lisa-su-as-ceo-replacing-read |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |url-status=live}} Su stated that her plan for the company involved focusing on making the "right technology investments", streamlining the product line, and continuing to diversify, also asserting that she wanted to "simplify" the company and accelerate the development of new technology. A number of analysts praised the appointment due to Su's credentials, noting AMD was seeking growth in product areas where Su had "extensive experience".{{cite web |last1=Takahashi |first1=Dean |date=8 October 2014 |title=Chipmaker AMD taps Lisa Su as its first female CEO |url=https://venturebeat.com/2014/10/08/chip-maker-amd-taps-lisa-su-as-its-first-female-ceo/ |website=VentureBeat |access-date=19 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122000019/http://venturebeat.com/2014/10/08/chip-maker-amd-taps-lisa-su-as-its-first-female-ceo/ |archive-date = 22 November 2016 |url-status=live}}
=2015–2016: AMD diversification=
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When Su joined AMD in 2012, about 10 percent of sales came from non-PC products. By February 2015, roughly 40 percent of AMD's sales came from non-PC markets, such as video game consoles and embedded devices. In May 2015, Su and other AMD executives presented a long-term strategy for the company to focus on developing high-performance computing and graphics technologies for three growth areas: gaming, datacenter, and "immersive platforms" markets.{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Ryan |date=May 6, 2015 |title=AMD Financial Analyst Day 2015 Round-Up |url=http://www.anandtech.com/show/9239/amd-financial-analyst-day-2015-roundup |website=AnandTech |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121234730/http://www.anandtech.com/show/9239/amd-financial-analyst-day-2015-roundup |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}
In January 2016, Su announced that AMD was working on new FinFET-based chips to create a new line of microprocessors, products, accelerated processing units (APUs), graphics chips,{{cite web |last1=Takahashi |first1=Dean |date=January 14, 2016 |title= CEO Lisa Su expects company watchers to say 'AMD is back' in 2016 |url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/01/14/advanced-micro-devices-ceo-lisa-su-says-2016-is-the-year-amd-is-back/ |website=VentureBeat |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119045641/http://venturebeat.com/2016/01/14/advanced-micro-devices-ceo-lisa-su-says-2016-is-the-year-amd-is-back/ |archive-date=November 19, 2016 |url-status=live}} and semi-custom chip designs for unreleased video game consoles. AMD's share value spiked in July 2016, when AMD reported strong revenue growth. Fortune attributed the "impressive" statistic to Su, stating she "continues to execute on her comeback plan ... key gains in graphics and video gaming console chips have boosted results and a savvy deal to license server chip designs in China".{{cite web |last1=Pressman |first1=Aaron |date=July 22, 2016 |title=How AMD CEO Lisa Su Tripled the Chip Maker's Stock in 5 Months |url=http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/amd-ceo-lisa-su-tripled-stock/ |website=Fortune |access-date=September 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122070727/http://fortune.com/2016/07/22/amd-ceo-lisa-su-tripled-stock/ |archive-date=November 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}
=2017–present: Ryzen=
{{Main article|Ryzen}}
After the initial launch of Zen chips in quarter two 2017, AMD's percentage of the CPU market share surged to nearly 11%.{{cite web |last1=Hruska |first1=Joel |date=March 1, 2018 |title=AMD's CPU Market Share Steadily Climbing |url=https://www.extremetech.com/computing/264853-independent-research-shows-amds-cpu-market-share-steadily-climbing |website=ExtremeTech |access-date=December 11, 2019}} Ryzen CPUs have received favorable reviews from a variety of news outlets, specifically highlighting their high thread counts at prices drastically lower than those of Intel's, especially in the high-performance computing market with AMD's Ryzen Threadripper line of workstation processors.{{Cite web |last1=Walton |first1=Mark |date=March 2, 2017 |title=AMD Ryzen 7 1800X still behind Intel, but it's great for the price |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/amd-ryzen-review/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=January 8, 2020}}{{Cite web |last1=Ung |first1=Gordon |date=November 25, 2019 |title=AMD Threadripper 3970X Review: 32 cores of unbeatable power |url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/3453946/amd-threadripper-3970x-review-32-cores-of-unbeatable-power.html |website=PCWorld |language=en-US |access-date=January 8, 2020}}{{Cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=Jackie |date=January 26, 2022 |title=AMD Ryzen 7 3700X review |url=https://www.techradar.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-7-3700x |website=TechRadar |language=en-US |access-date=September 24, 2022}}{{Cite web |last1=Alcorn |first1=Paul |date=October 20, 2020 |title=AMD Ryzen 5 3600 Review: Non-X Marks the Spot |url=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-ryzen-5-3600-review,6287.html |website=Tom's Hardware |language=en-US |access-date=September 24, 2022}}{{Cite web |last1=Salter |first1=Jim |date=January 8, 2020 |title=AMD's third shoe finally drops at CES 2020—7nm Zen 2 mobile CPUs |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/01/amds-third-shoe-finally-drops-at-ces-2020-7nm-zen-2-mobile-cpus/ |website=Ars Technica |language=en-US |access-date=January 8, 2020}} Su is the first woman ever to top the Associated Press’s annual survey of CEO compensation, with her 2019 pay package being valued at $58.5 million.{{Cite web |last1=Skidmore Sell |first1=Sarah |date=May 27, 2020 |title=AMD's Lisa Su is first woman to top AP's CEO pay analysis |url=https://apnews.com/e9e5fb359e462d50543f79cd9b2ebc48 |website=Associated Press |language=en-US |access-date=May 28, 2020}}
In February 2022, Su became Chair of AMD after completing a reported $49 billion acquisition of FPGA and programmable systems on chip maker Xilinx.{{Cite web |last1=Bary |first1=Emily |date=February 14, 2022 |title=AMD's $49 billion Xilinx deal closes, company names CEO Lisa Su new board chair |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amds-49-billion-xilinx-deal-closes-company-names-ceo-lisa-su-new-board-chair-2022-02-14 |website=MarketWatch |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}{{Cite web|last=Moorhead|first=Patrick|title=It's Day One For The Combined AMD And Xilinx And CEO Lisa Su Is Energized|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickmoorhead/2022/02/14/its-day-one-for-the-combined-amd-and-xilinx-and-ceo-lisa-su-is-energized/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=Forbes|language=en}}
In 2023, Su's total compensation from AMD was $30.3 million, representing a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of 238-to-1.{{Cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Mae |last2=Harloff |first2=Paul |last3=Ortutay |first3=Barbara |date=2024-06-03 |title=CEOs made nearly 200 times what their workers got paid last year |url=https://apnews.com/article/ceo-pay-compensation-ratio-workers-fa25db3338b68ad9eb395dfd46190383 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240903140837/https://apnews.com/article/ceo-pay-compensation-ratio-workers-fa25db3338b68ad9eb395dfd46190383 |archive-date=2024-09-03 |access-date=2024-09-04 |website=AP News |language=en}}
Awards and honors
Su has been recognized with a number of awards throughout her career. In 2002 she was selected as one of the "Top 100 Young Innovators" by MIT Technology Review,{{cite web |url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=Innovators Under 35 – 2002 |publisher=technologyreview.com |date=2002 |access-date=13 October 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www2.technologyreview.com/tr35/profile.aspx?trid=397 |title=LisaSu |publisher=technologyreview.com |date=2002 |access-date=14 October 2014}} and the following year the YWCA gave her an award for outstanding achievement in business. In 2009, Su was named a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), having published more than 40 technical articles. Su was named "2014 Executive of the Year" at the EE Times and EDN 2014 ACE Awards.
In 2015, 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 and practices".{{cite web |last1=Lee |first1=Wendy |date=February 26, 2015 |title=Visionary of the Year nominee: Lisa Su, CEO of AMD |url=http://www.sfgate.com/visionsf/article/Visionary-of-the-Year-nominee-Lisa-Su-CEO-of-AMD-6070002.php |website=SFGate |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161120212950/http://www.sfgate.com/visionsf/article/Visionary-of-the-Year-nominee-Lisa-Su-CEO-of-AMD-6070002.php |archive-date=November 20, 2016 |url-status=live}}
In 2016, she was named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Technology" by the National Diversity Council{{cite web |title=The 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology |url=http://top50tech.org/2016/ |website=top50tech |date=2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043054/http://top50tech.org/2016/ |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=live}} and "Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business" with the Pinnacle Award by the Asia American Business Development Center.{{cite web |title=2016 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160524005601/en/2016-Outstanding-50-Asian-Americans-Business-Award |website=Business Wire |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=November 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121043052/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160524005601/en/2016-Outstanding-50-Asian-Americans-Business-Award |archive-date=November 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}
In 2017, Su was named "People to Watch" by HPCWire, "Top Ranked Semiconductor CEO", by Institutional Investor Magazine and "World's Greatest Leaders" by Fortune.{{Cite web |title=World's Greatest Leaders |url=http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/ |website=Fortune |date=March 23, 2017 |access-date=April 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402051002/http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/ |archive-date=April 2, 2017 |url-status=live}} Su was again named one of the "50 Most Powerful Women in Technology" by the National Diversity Council.{{Cite web |title=Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Technology Awards |url=http://top50tech.org/2017/ |website=top50tech |language=en-US |access-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714021447/http://top50tech.org/2017/ |archive-date=July 14, 2018 |url-status=live}}
In 2018, Su received the UPWARD "Women of the Year Award", "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Greater Austin Asian Chamber,{{Cite news |title=Austin Asian Chamber Honors Dr. Lisa Su and Others |url=http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/440708618/austin-asian-chamber-honors-dr-lisa-su-and-others |work=EIN News |language=en-US |date=April 6, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233145/http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/440708618/austin-asian-chamber-honors-dr-lisa-su-and-others |archive-date=July 5, 2018 |url-status=live}} elected to the National Academy of Engineering,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nae.edu/178117.aspx|title=National Academy of Engineering Elects 83 Members and 16 Foreign Members|website=NAE Website|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705233110/https://www.nae.edu/178117.aspx|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=live}} Fortune's #6 "Businessperson of the Year",{{Cite news |title=Lisa Su|url=http://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/lisa-su-6/ |work=Fortune |language=en-US |date=November 15, 2018 |access-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000815/http://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/lisa-su-6/ |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=live}} Global Semiconductor Alliance "Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award",{{Cite news |title=AMD President and CEO Dr. Lisa Su Bestowed with Global Semiconductor Alliance Highest Honor |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181112005519/en/AMD-President-CEO-Dr.-Lisa-Su-Bestowed |website=Business Wire |language=en |access-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116043230/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181112005519/en/AMD-President-CEO-Dr.-Lisa-Su-Bestowed |archive-date=November 16, 2018 |url-status=live}} and Forbes America's Top 50 Women In Tech.{{Cite news |title=Lisa Su |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/lisa-su/?list=top-tech-women-america#12f7b81e7bea |work=Forbes |language=en |access-date=29 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181130031222/https://www.forbes.com/profile/lisa-su/?list=top-tech-women-america#12f7b81e7bea |archive-date=November 30, 2018 |url-status=live}} She was also appointed as Board of Directors Chair of the Global Semiconductor Alliance.{{Cite web |last1=Witkowski |first1=Wallace |date=October 30, 2018 |title=AMD's Lisa Su appointed first chairwoman of Global Semiconductor Alliance |url=https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amds-lisa-su-appointed-first-chairwoman-of-global-semiconductor-alliance-2018-10-30 |website=MarketWatch |language=en-US |access-date=January 18, 2019}}
In 2019, Su was named one of “The World's Best CEO of 2019” by Barron's,{{Cite web |last1=Hough |first1=Jack |date=June 14, 2019 |title=The World's Best CEOs of 2019 |url=https://www.barrons.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-jamie-dimon-and-other-best-ceos-in-the-world-51560565041 |website=Barron's |language=en-US |access-date=April 15, 2020}} Fortune's #44 "Most Powerful Women in Business",{{Cite web |title=Lisa Su |url=https://fortune.com/most-powerful-women/2019/lisa-su |website=Fortune|language=en-US |access-date=April 15, 2020}} Harvard Business Review's #26 "The Best-Performing CEOs in the World",{{Cite news |title=The CEO 100, 2019 Edition |url=https://hbr.org/2019/11/the-ceo-100-2019-edition |work=Harvard Business Review |date=November 1, 2019 |access-date=April 15, 2020}} and Bloomberg Businessweek "The Bloomberg 50".{{Cite news |title=The Bloomberg 50 |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2019-bloomberg-50/ |website=Bloomberg |access-date=April 15, 2020}}
Su was the highest-paid CEO for 2019 of any company on the S&P 500 index of the 500 largest publicly traded U.S. companies.{{Cite web |last1=Duffy |first1=Clare |date=June 1, 2020 |title=AMD's Lisa Su was the highest-paid CEO in the S&P 500 last year |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/tech/lisa-su-amd-highest-paid-ceo/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 17, 2020}} The annual review, published by A.P. and Equilar since 2011, reported that Su received $58.5 million in 2019. The figure is mainly due to a one-off stock reward.
She was the 2020 recipient of the Semiconductor Industry Association's Robert N. Noyce Award.{{cite news |last1=Chang |first1=Chien-chung |last2=Huang |first2=Frances |date=September 21, 2020 |title=Taiwan-born AMD executive Lisa Su to receive top semiconductor prize |url=https://focustaiwan.tw/sci-tech/202009210022 |website=Focus Taiwan |agency=Central News Agency |access-date=September 25, 2020}} Also in 2020, she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.{{cite web |year=2020 |title=New members |url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2020 |website=American Academy of Arts and Sciences |access-date=September 27, 2020}} She was the 2020 Technical Leadership Abie Award Winner.{{Cite web |title=Global Awards for Women Technologists: Abie Awards |url=https://anitab.org/awards-grants/abie-awards/ |website=AnitaB |language=en-US |access-date=September 30, 2020}} She was the recipient of the Spirit of Silicon Valley Lifetime Achievement Award from the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. She was also ranked as #2 on the Fortune Business Person of The Year.{{Cite web |title=Lisa Su {{!}} Businessperson of the Year 2020 |url=https://fortune.com/businessperson-of-the-year/2020/lisa-su/ |website=Fortune |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}} In 2020, Su was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award.{{Cite web |title=AI pioneer named to Carnegie Corporation's annual great immigrants list |url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/judea-pearl-ai-pioneer-named-to-carnegie-great-immigrants-list |access-date=2024-06-25 |website=UCLA |language=en-us}}
In 2021 Su was named as a Member of the U.S. President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology,{{Cite web |title=President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/pcast/ |website=The White House |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}} and inducted into the Women in Technology Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=2021 Hall of Fame Press Release |url=https://witi.com/press/2021-hall-of-fame/ |website=WITI |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}} Su was subsequently awarded the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal, becoming the first woman to receive this prize,{{Cite web |title=AMD's Lisa Su is the first woman to receive IEEE's highest semiconductor award |url=https://corporate-awards.ieee.org/article/amds-lisa-su-semiconductor-award/ |website=IEEE Awards |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}} and named as #49 on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women, credited for the 25-fold increase to AMD's stock since she became CEO in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Lisa Su |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/lisa-su/ |website=Forbes |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}} In 2022 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 all backgrounds to pursue careers in STEM".{{Cite web |date=November 19, 2021 |title=AMD's Dr. Lisa Su to Be Recognized During the 2022 International Peace Honors |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211119005378/en/AMD%E2%80%99s-Dr.-Lisa-Su-to-Be-Recognized-During-the-2022-International-Peace-Honors |website=Business Wire |language=en-US |access-date=February 14, 2022}}
In 2022, MIT named its new building 12, dedicated for nanotechnology research, under her name.{{cite web | url=https://news.mit.edu/2022/mit-name-building-12-home-mitnano-honor-lisa-su-0407 | title=MIT to name Building 12, home of MIT.nano, in honor of Lisa Su | date=April 7, 2022 }}
In 2023, Su ranked 49th in Forbes
She was ranked 12th on Fortune
Su was included in Time's 2024 list of the "100 Most Influential People in AI" and in the Financial Times
Personal life
Su and her husband, Daniel Lin (Chinese: 丹尼爾‧林),{{Cite web |date=10 July 2023 |title=Pioneering Engineer in Semiconductor Industry Lisa Su Receives Honorary Doctorate from NTHU |url=https://nthu-en.site.nthu.edu.tw/p/406-1003-250323.php |access-date=14 February 2025 |publisher=National Tsing Hua University}} are based in Austin, Texas. Su and Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang are first cousins, once removed.{{Cite web |last=Chang |first=Michelle Toh, Wayne |date=2023-11-04 |title=The Taiwanese American cousins going head-to-head in the global AI race |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/11/05/tech/nvidia-amd-ceos-taiwan-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2024-12-15 |website=CNN Business |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Masters of Leadership: Dr. Lisa Su |url=https://www.cta.tech/Resources/Articles/2020/Masters-of-Leadership-Dr-Lisa-Su |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.cta.tech}} Su's maternal grandfather is the eldest brother of Huang's mother.{{cite web | url = https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810958 | title = 台南四百最大榮光 黃仁勳蘇姿丰各寫傳奇 | 中華日報|中華新聞雲 | date = 1 June 2023 | publisher = China Daily News | access-date = 16 June 2023 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/810967 | title = 羅家女會念書 與南女淵源深 | 中華日報|中華新聞雲 | date = 1 June 2023 | publisher = China Daily News | access-date = 16 June 2023 }}
As of 2024, Su had an estimated net worth of more than $1 billion.{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samanthakroontje/2024/02/07/how-generative-ai-helped-make-amds-lisa-su-a-billionaire/?sh=fd4551e4dfe9 |title=How Generative AI Helped Make AMD's Lisa Su A Billionaire |date=February 7, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-14/nvidia-founder-s-cousin-turning-billionaire-shows-ai-wealth-boom |title=Nearly All Wealth Gained by World's Rich This Year Comes From AI |date=February 14, 2024 |website=Bloomberg |language=en}}
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