Arm Announces Appointment of Young Sohn to its Board of Directors
September 12 2024 - 4:05PM
Business Wire
Young Sohn to bring diverse semiconductor
experience to Arm's Board of Directors.
Arm (NASDAQ: ARM) today announced the appointment of new Board
member Young Sohn. Young Sohn is the chairman of the Board of
HARMAN, senior advisor at Samsung Electronics, member of the Board
of Directors at Cadence and founding managing partner of Walden
Catalyst. Young brings deep experience in the semiconductor
industry spanning business development, investment strategy and
sustainability to Arm as it continues to drive growth across key
markets and provide the foundational computing platforms for the AI
era.
“The depth of experience that Young brings will be invaluable to
Arm as we continue to diversify our business and work to address
the very real and complex computing challenges in the age of AI,”
said Rene Haas, CEO, Arm. “Young has a fantastic track record from
a long career of leadership positions at some of the world’s most
important semiconductor companies, and I look forward to working
closely with him as we continue to define the future of
computing.”
“Having previously served on the Arm Board of Directors, my long
history with the company has provided unique perspective into how
critical Arm technology is to the world that relies on it,” said
Young Sohn. “The Arm compute platform will be central to future
innovation, particularly in AI, and I look forward to being part of
the team that will drive the future of compute.”
In addition, Tony Fadell will continue to support Arm as we
formally name him a strategic advisor to the company enabling us to
benefit directly from his extensive industry knowledge and
experience.
About Young Sohn
Young Sohn is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur whose passion is
building businesses and fostering emerging technologies that have
the potential to transform the world for the better. Recently, Mr.
Sohn served as corporate president and chief strategy officer of
Samsung Electronics, where he led strategy for global innovation,
investment, new business creation, and led the company's $8 billion
acquisition of HARMAN International.
Prior to joining Samsung, Mr. Sohn worked in Silicon Valley
building and scaling businesses in core technologies including
semiconductors and storage where he served as chief executive of
Oak Technologies, Avago (then known as Agilent), and Inphi. In
addition, under his leadership as CEO or board member, he took PLX
Technologies, Synnex Technologies, and Inphi public.
Mr. Sohn co-founded the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC), the
world's largest startup competition for entrepreneurs addressing
global challenges.
Mr. Sohn holds a BS in electrical engineering from the
University of Pennsylvania and an MS from the MIT Sloan School of
Management.
About Arm
Arm is the industry’s highest-performing and most
power-efficient compute platform with unmatched scale that touches
100 percent of the connected global population. To meet the
insatiable demand for compute, Arm is delivering advanced solutions
that allow the world’s leading technology companies to unleash the
unprecedented experiences and capabilities of AI. Together with the
world’s largest computing ecosystem and 20 million software
developers, we are building the future of AI on Arm.
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