Shaw Capital Management News: Former Lenovo’s Rory Read Is AMD’s New CEO
AMD announced its new CEO Rory Read.
His new position follows after five years of
being company president and chief operating officer at the PC maker Lenovo.
Read
served IBM for 23...
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Shaw Capital Management News: Former Lenovo’s Rory Read Is AMD’s New CEO
AMD announced its new CEO Rory Read.
His new position follows after five years of
being company president and chief operating officer at the PC maker Lenovo.
Read
served IBM for 23 years, including managing director for IBM’s Consulting Services
division and general manager for business consulting services in the South
Pacific.
Shaw Capital Management reports that he is also a part of the company’s board
of directors.
AMD Chairperson Bruce Claflin states that Read has proven to be a proficient leader
who can draw more profits for the business.
He believed that Rory can improve AMD’s
evolution as a worldwide company leading in the semiconductor designs.
Dirk Meyer, AMD’s previous CEO, resigned from his position eight months earlier from a
mutual decision over a reported disagreement concerning the company’s mobile
strategy.
AMD instantly searched for a new CEO, where Read is now appointed.
Although the comp
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