Hector Ruiz

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Hector Ruiz is a Mexican-American engineer and business executive best known for serving as CEO and chairman of semiconductor company AMD, where he led major strategic initiatives including the acquisition of ATI.

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instanceOf Mexican-American
business executive
chairman
chief executive officer
electrical engineer
authorOf Slingshot: AMD’s Fight to Free an Industry from the Ruthless Grip of Intel
awardReceived Robert N. Noyce Award
surface form: Semiconductor Industry Association Robert N. Noyce Award
birthDate 1945-12-25
birthPlace Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico
boardMemberOf GlobalFoundries
Xicor
surface form: Spansion
degree Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering
Master’s degree in electrical engineering
PhD in electrical engineering
educatedAt University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at El Paso
employer Advanced Micro Devices
Motorola
ON Semiconductor
familyName Ruiz
fieldOfWork business management
electrical engineering
semiconductors
givenName Hector
industry semiconductor industry
technology industry
knownFor acquisition of ATI Technologies by AMD
advocacy for competition in the microprocessor industry
chairman of AMD
leading AMD as CEO
spinning off AMD manufacturing operations into GlobalFoundries
languageSpoken English
Spanish
memberOf Semiconductor Industry Association
name Hector de Jesus Ruiz NERFINISHED
nationality Mexico
United States of America
positionHeld Chairman of Advanced Micro Devices
Chairman of GlobalFoundries
Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Micro Devices
Executive Chairman of GlobalFoundries
President and Chief Operating Officer of Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
residence Austin
surface form: Austin, Texas

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