Two Taiwanese-Americans feature on TIME Magazine's list of 100 Most Influential People of 2025 — Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD) chief executive officer (CEO) Lisa Su (蘇姿丰) and movie director Jon M. Chu (朱浩偉).
The list, which was released yesterday, was divided into six categories, artists, icons, leaders, titans, pioneers and innovators, with Su listed in the Titans category and Chu in Innovators.
Su’s profile was written by Deeplearning.AI founder Andrew Ng (吳恩達), who credited her for turning AMD around during a challenging period.
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Su increased AMD’s market share in computer central processing units (CPU), expanded into sectors like gaming and data centers, released several successful product lines and completed its major acquisition of chipmaker Xilinx, Ng said.
Su also positioned AMD as a major player in the artificial intelligence (AI) space and turned it into a credible rival to NVIDIA, Ng added.
“Not every executive can be both grounded and visionary. But Lisa […] continues to make her mark on our world, and all of us are better for it,” Ng said.
Other individuals included in the Titans category were Facebook founder and Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg and Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos.
Chu, born in California to Taiwanese parents, is best known for directing “Crazy Rich Asians” and “Wicked” and his profile was written by Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊).
Yeoh said Chu was a visionary, a “baby genius” and someone who “makes you believe you can do the impossible.”
Other Innovators include rapper and media personality Snoop Dogg and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.
Leaders named in the list include Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, US President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.
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