| University of Texas at Austin, BS | 1968 |
| Electrical Engineering | |
| University of Texas at Austin, MS | 1970 |
| Electrical Engineering | |
| Rice, Doctorate | 1973 |
| Electrical Engineering |
Hector Ruiz / Hector Ruiz
Prior to AMD, Ruiz worked at Texas Instruments for six years and Motorola for 22 years, rising to become president of Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector before being recruited in 2000 by AMD founder Jerry Sanders to serve as AMD’s president and chief operating officer, and to become heir apparent to lead the company upon Sanders’ retirement. Ruiz succeeded Sanders in the CEO’s seat in 2002, and was named chairman of the board in 2004.
Ruiz was voted out of his position as CEO of AMD in July of 2008, and replaced by Dirk Meyer.
