Lisa Su, CEO of the year: Will she replace Jensen Huang or compete head-on with Nvidia?
Lisa Su, chief executive of chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), one of the most prominent women in the global semiconductor industry, has been named CEO of the Year. Alongside Nvidia, they are the world's most important competing semiconductor companies. Yahoo Finance named her 2026 CEO of the Year on November 12, 2026, following a 158% surge in AMD shares, during which the company's…
In November 2026, AMD CEO Lisa Su was recognized by Yahoo Finance as the CEO of the Year. This accolade came after a 158% surge in AMD's shares, leading to a market cap that briefly surpassed $1 trillion. In addition to her success at AMD, Su has been rumored to be a potential successor to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who abruptly resigned from his position. While Su is a distant relative of Huang, there is no indication that she has been approached about taking over his role at Nvidia.
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