Billionaire chipmaker CEO holds weekend meetings and sends feedback after midnight

Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su was recently named Time’s CEO of the Year for 2024.

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00:00AMD CEO Lisa Su expects senior staff to work on the weekends, saying hard work and training

00:06are keys to the chipmaker's impressive turnaround.

00:08The 55-year-old took charge of AMD in 2014, when it was far from the $201 billion company

00:14it is today.

00:15But under Su's reign, the company has become one of the world's top chipmakers, competing

00:19with tech powerhouses like Intel and Nvidia.

00:22Su was recently named Time's CEO of the year and told the publication she holds weekend

00:27meetings with her senior team.

00:28She said she doesn't believe leaders are born, insisting that they are trained.

00:32Su holds bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in engineering from MIT.

00:37And her leadership has led to an impressive turnaround for AMD, shepherding a 120 percent

00:42rise in AMD's share price this year, which pushed her into Forbes' billionaire list

00:46for the first time.