Title
Tan, Lip-Bu oral historyCatalog Number
102717384Type
Moving imageDescription
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
2018-10-01Participants
| Fairbairn, Douglas, Interviewer |
| Kapoor, Uday, Interviewer |
| Tan, Lip-Bu, Interviewee |
Publisher
Computer History MuseumPlace of Publication
Mountain View, CADuration
01:07:24Format
MOVCategory
Oral historyCollection Title
CHM Oral HistoryCredit
Computer History MuseumLot Number
X8799.2019Related Records
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