Part 2/12:
In 2012, AMD made a bold move by appointing Lisa Su as Vice President of Global Operations, and two years later, she was promoted to CEO. At the time, Su was largely unknown outside tech circles—an MIT-trained engineer with experience at smaller chip firms like Freescale Semiconductor, and a cousin to Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang. Few anticipated her potential to revive AMD from its slump, but under her leadership, AMD launched an extraordinary turnaround, returning to profitability and skyrocketing its share price approximately 70-fold since her appointment. Her success also made her a billionaire, a rarity in the industry.