Rene Haas

Early life and education Haas was born to a German-Jewish father who worked as a research scientist at Xerox and a Portuguese mother. He was raised in a suburb of Rochester, New York. In 1984, Haas completed his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Clarkson University in upstate New York.

Haas worked for Nvidia for seven years, rising to vice president and general manager of its computing products business.

He joined Arm in 2013, rising to president of the Arm IP Products Group (IPG) in 2017. Haas reformed his leadership team within a few weeks, letting three executives go. In addition, Haas was responsible for taking Arm from a privately held company to its second initial public offering. He is a member of The Business Council.

In 2025, Haas was named as one of the '100 Most Influential People in AI' by Time Magazine.

Haas also is chief executive for the international business of SoftBank, the majority owner of Arm. In 2026 Arm’s remuneration committee proposed to shareholders that Hass be awarded share options of up to $100 million if Arm becomes a trillion-dollar value company by 2029, and $800 million if Arm becomes a two trillion-dollar company by 2031.

Personal life Haas lives in Silicon Valley. He has two children.