Young K. Sohn, Chairman
Young Sohn is Chairman of W3i's Board of Governors. Young is President and CEO and of Inphi Corporation, a fabless electronic components company in California.
Prior to joining Inphi, Mr. Sohn was President of Agilent Technologies' Semiconductor Group (now known as Avago Technologies) where he led the successful turnaround of the semiconductor operation. Prior to that time, he served as chairman and CEO of Oak Technology, a digital media semiconductor company providing solutions for the consumer electronics markets. Prior to Oak Technology, Mr. Sohn worked as co-president of Quantum Corporation, a data storage solution products manufacturer.
Mr. Sohn also worked at Intel Corporation managing the Samsung-Intel strategic partnership. While with Intel, he started the company's PC chipset business unit, which grew to over $300M in revenue under his leadership. He currently is a board member for ARM Holding PLC, and Cymer, Inc.
Mr. Sohn earned a Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Science degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.