Hector Ruiz
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| Hector Ruiz | |
 Ruiz at the India Economic Summit in 2007
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| Born | December 25, 1945 Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico |
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| Residence | Mexico United States |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Texas Instruments Motorola AMD GlobalFoundries |
| Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin Rice University |
Hector de Jesus Ruiz (born December 25, 1945) is the executive chairman and former CEO of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).
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[edit] Education
Ruiz was born in the border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico. As a teenager, he walked across the Mexico – United States border every day to attend a high school in nearby Eagle Pass, Texas, from which he graduated as valedictorian just three years after beginning to learn English. Ruiz earned a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968 and 1970 respectively and a Ph.D. from Rice University in 1973.
[edit] Career
Ruiz worked at Texas Instruments for six years and Motorola for 22 years, rising to become president of Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector before being recruited in 2000 by AMD founder Jerry Sanders to serve as AMD's president and chief operating officer, and to become heir apparent to lead the company upon Sanders' retirement. Ruiz succeeded Sanders in the CEO's seat in 2002, and was named chairman of the board in 2004.
Ruiz oversaw some of AMD's best financial quarters, but also endorsed the decision to buy ATI, which led to a period of financial reverses. Ruiz survived rumors of his ouster in late 2007.[1][2] However, he resigned as CEO on July 18, 2008, after AMD reported its seventh consecutive quarterly loss.[3]
Ruiz currently is on the Eastman Kodak Company Board of Directors and the Board of Directors for the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
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- ^ "Advanced Micro Chief Steps Down After Another Loss". The New York Times/Reuters. 2008-07-18. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/18/technology/18amd.html. Retrieved on 2008-07-18.
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