CEO · AMD
Lisa Su
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Lisa Su

Chair, President & CEO · AMD AMD
$31.0M
FY2024 total compensation
Filed · DEF 14A

AMD’s CEO since 2014, credited with one of the great corporate turnarounds by taking the chipmaker from near-bankruptcy to a serious rival to Intel and Nvidia.

CEO since2014
Born1969
Pay rank#26 of 50 tracked

Pay vs performance

what happened while he earned it
CEO compensation$31.0M
Stock · since 2024+239%
S&P 500 · since 2024+37.4%
Revenue · YoY+34.3%
EPS · YoY+165%
CEO tenure12 yrs

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Why this pay?

  • Most of Su's pay is performance stock and options tied to AMD's turnaround and share gains.
  • The FY2024 cash incentive paid at 72% of target after AMD missed internal financial goals.

Worth knowing

AMD’s Lisa Su and NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang — who run the two companies at the center of the AI-chip boom — are distant relatives, a fact both have publicly confirmed.

Source: Public statements by Su and Huang · More facts →

Quick facts

CEO since2014
PreviouslyAMD
Largest pay componentStock & options · 90%
Pay rank (tracked)#26 of 50
EducationMIT (BS, MS, PhD in Electrical Engineering)

Compensation breakdown

DEF 14A
total · FY2024$30,996,392
Salary$1,230,000
Cash incentive$1,776,120
Stock awards$21,699,384
Option awards$6,234,410
All other comp$56,478
Total$30,996,392

Annual incentive paid at 72.2% of target after AMD missed internal financial goals. Source: AMD 2025 Proxy (FY2024)

Compensation history

salary + cash vs stock, from the proxies
$30.3MFY2023
$31.0MFY2024
Stock & optionsSalary & cashOther

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Career

2014-presentChair, President & CEO · AMD
2014COO · AMD
2007-2011SVP & GM, Networking · Freescale Semiconductor
1995-2007VP, Semiconductor R&D · IBM

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