Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su was recently named Time’s CEO of the Year for 2024.
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00:00AMD CEO Lisa Su expects senior staff to work on the weekends, saying hard work and training
00:06are keys to the chipmaker's impressive turnaround.
00:08The 55-year-old took charge of AMD in 2014, when it was far from the $201 billion company
00:14it is today.
00:15But under Su's reign, the company has become one of the world's top chipmakers, competing
00:19with tech powerhouses like Intel and Nvidia.
00:22Su was recently named Time's CEO of the year and told the publication she holds weekend
00:27meetings with her senior team.
00:28She said she doesn't believe leaders are born, insisting that they are trained.
00:32Su holds bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in engineering from MIT.
00:37And her leadership has led to an impressive turnaround for AMD, shepherding a 120 percent
00:42rise in AMD's share price this year, which pushed her into Forbes' billionaire list
00:46for the first time.