Applied Materials Appoints Eric Chen to Board of Directors
November 05 2015 - 4:05PM
SANTA CLARA, Calif., November 5, 2015 -
Applied Materials, Inc. today announced the appointment of
Eric Chen to serve on its Board of Directors, effective
immediately. Dr. Chen has also been appointed to serve as a member
of the Strategy Committee of the Board.
"Eric is an accomplished executive and investor
with extensive experience in China and around the world," said Wim
Roelandts, chairman of the board of Applied Materials. "His
technical expertise and global knowledge will be valuable assets to
Applied Materials' board and executive management team and we
warmly welcome him to the Company."
Dr. Chen is founder and CEO of BaseBit
Technologies in Silicon Valley. From 2008 to 2015, he served as a
managing director of Silver Lake, a leading private investment firm
focused on technology, technology-enabled and related growth
industries. Prior to Silver Lake, he was a senior vice president
and served on the executive committee of ASML. He joined ASML
following its acquisition of Brion Technologies in 2007, the
company he cofounded as CEO in 2002. Prior to Brion, Dr. Chen was a
senior vice president at J.P. Morgan. He serves as a member of the
board of directors of Qihoo 360 and previously was on the board of
directors of Varian Semiconductor Equipment Associates.
Dr. Chen studied physics at Peking University and
received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford
University. He has conducted theoretical physics research at
Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire ("CERN") and at the
Advanced Product Research Development Laboratory and MOS-13
facility for Motorola.
Applied Materials, Inc. (Nasdaq:AMAT) is the
global leader in materials engineering solutions for the
semiconductor, flat panel display and solar photovoltaic
industries. Our technologies help make innovations like
smartphones, flat screen TVs and solar panels more affordable and
accessible to consumers and businesses around the world. Learn more
at www.appliedmaterials.com.
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