Sehat Sutardja (Se-hát Su-ta_ra Chinese: 周秀文; pinyin: Zhōu Xiùwén; born c. 1961 in Jakarta, Indonesia), is the co-founder of Marvell Technology Group; formerly chief executive officer and a director. Marvell is involved with industry segments including data storage, mobile and smart TVs.
Sehat Sutardja was born in 1961 in Indonesia to a Chinese Indonesian family. His interest in electronics began early; he became a certified radio repair technician at age 13 and has been designing components and systems ever since.
Sutardja graduated from Canisius College, a high school in Jakarta in 1980. He came to the US in 1980 and received a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University. He also holds a Master of Science and Doctorate in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley. While at Berkeley, Sutardja met his future wife Weili Dai in a campus elevator.
Sehat Sutardja worked at Micro Linear Corp. and Integrated Information Technology. In 1995 he founded Marvell with his wife Weili Dai, and brother Pantas Sutardja, from his kitchen table. Sutardja led Marvell since inception.
Sutardja has more than 440 patents and is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). In 2004, Sutardja along with fellow Marvell co-founders Weili Dai and Pantas Sutardja received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year award in the networking and communications category. In 2006, he was recognized as the Inventor of the Year by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association.
In 2012, Sutardja was awarded the Indonesian Diaspora Lifetime Achievement Award for Global Pioneering and Innovation at the first-ever Congress of Indonesian Diaspora, presented by the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia. In 2013, Sutardja was selected to join the Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame. On Dec. 16, 2013, Marvell Co-founders Dr. Sehat Sutardja and Weili Dai were honored with the 2013 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award by the Global Semiconductor Alliance. In 2004, Sutardja was and Award Recipient for the Northern California Region of the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award. On July 21, 2015, Sutardja was named "Executive of the Year" by the annual ACE Awards.
Biography: Sehat Sutardja
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