Lip-Bu Tan

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Mr. Lip-Bu Tan serves as Chief Executive Officer & Board Member at Intel. Mr. Tan serves as Advisor at Ultraviolette Automotive. He serves as Board Member at Velaura. He was appointed to his position in March 2025. He is a longtime technology investor and widely respected executive with more than two decades of semiconductor and software experience, as well as deep relationships across the technology ecosystem. He has received several accolades for his significant contributions to the industry, including being named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in 2026, receiving the 2022 Robert N. Noyce Award, the Semiconductor Industry Association's highest honor, and being recognized as one of Forbes' Top 50 Venture Capitalists. He previously served as chief executive officer of Cadence Design Systems Inc. and was also a member of its board of directors. During his 12 years as Cadence's chief executive officer, he led a reinvention of the company and drove a cultural transformation centered on customer-centric innovation that enabled Cadence to more than double its revenue, expand operating margins and significantly outperform the market. He is a founding managing partner of Walden Catalyst Ventures and chairman of Walden International, a leading venture capital firm. He has also served on the boards of public companies Credo Technology Group and Schneider Electric. He holds a Bachelor of Science in physics from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, a Master of Science in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from the University of San Francisco. He was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Science and Technology from Carnegie Mellon University in 2025. He served as Board Member at DustPhotonics.