CEO leaves Arm

Arm has announced that its board of directors has appointed 35-year-old “semiconductor industry leader” René Haas as chief executive officer and member of the board of directors. He took up his duties immediately. Haas succeeded Simon Segars, who stepped down as CEO and board member after 30 years with the company. Segars will be supporting a change of leadership in his role as an Arm consultant in the near future.

CEO leaves Arm

“Rene is the right leader to accelerate Arm’s growth as the company begins to prepare to re-enter the public markets,” said Masayoshi Son, Executive Director, Corporate Director, Chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group Corp. “I would like to thank Simon for his leadership, contributions and dedication to Arm over the past 30 years.”

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Haas has served as President of the Arm IP Products Group (IPG) since 2017. Under his leadership, IPG has increased investment in the industry’s largest ecosystem of software developers, as well as products for growth markets such as infrastructure and automotive. This investment has brought new members to the Arm ecosystem, including Alibaba, Ampere, AWS, Bosch, Denso, Mobileye and Telechips, and has enabled the company to achieve record royalty, licensing and profit revenues this fiscal year.

Prior to joining Arm in 2013, Haas held several roles in application management, application development, and product development, including seven years at Nvidia as vice president and general manager of the computer products division.

Source: ixbt

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