Meet Lisa Su, Jensen Huang's cousin, who's CEO of Nvidia rival AMD

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Lisa Su transformed AMD into a major rival of Nvidia, coincidentally co-founded by her cousin Jensen Huang. Here's a look at her life and career.

Editor's note: This story was originally published in October of 2025 and has been updated to reflect Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's resignation. Lisa Su is the engineer behind one of the most dramatic corporate turnarounds in the tech industry. The Taiwanese American CEO is widely credited with transforming AMD from a struggling semiconductor firm on the brink of collapse into a global powerhouse competing head-to-head with Intel and Nvidia. When Su joined AMD in 2012, the company's market value was under $2 billion.

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