Artifact Details

Title

Tan, Lip-Bu oral history

Catalog Number

102717383

Type

Document

Description

Lip-Bu was born in Malaysia in 1959. He earned degrees in physics and nuclear engineering before eventually pursuing a very successful dual career in venture capital and executive management. He has served as CEO of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. since January 2009 and has been a member of the Cadence Board of Directors since February 2004. He also serves as chairman of Walden International, a venture capital firm he founded in 1987. He specializes in cross border & early-stage technology investment.

Prior to founding Walden, Tan was Vice President at Chappell & Co. and held management positions at EDS Nuclear and ECHO Energy.

He is a member of The Business Council and serves on the board of directors of Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. and Aquantia Corp., as well as the boards of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESD Alliance) and the Global Semiconductor Association (GSA). He also serves on the Board of Trustees and the School of Engineering Dean’s Council at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Tan is the recipient of the 2016 GSA Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award.

Tan received an M.S. in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an MBA from the University of San Francisco, and a B.S. from Nanyang University in Singapore.

Date

2018-10-01

Contributor

Fairbairn, Douglas, Interviewer

Kapoor, Uday, Interviewer

Tan, Lip-Bu, Interviewee

Publisher

Computer History Museum

Place of Publication

Mountain View, CA

Extent

18 p.

Format

PDF

Subject

Venture Capital; Walden International; Cadence Design Systems; Chappell & Co.; Malaysia; EDS Nuclear; ECHO Energy

Collection Title

CHM Oral History

Credit