Steve Sanghi

Steve Sanghi is an Indian-American businessman who is currently the president and chief executive officer of Microchip Technology. He also serves as chairman of the board of directors and is a member of the Mellanox Technologies and Intel boards of directors.

He previously served as president of Microchip Technology from 1990 to 2016 and as chief executive officer from 1991 to 2021, and was re-appointed to both roles in November 2024.

Early life and education Sanghi was born on July 20, 1955 in Sri Muktsar Sahib, India. His father was a judge while his mother stayed at home and raised the family.

He attended Asa Ram Senior Secondary School in Ambala. He received his bachelor of science in electronics and communication from the Punjab Engineering College in 1975 and his masters of science in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Sanghi served as president until February 2016, when he was replaced by Ganesh Moorthy. He served as CEO until March 2021, when Moorthy took over that role as well. He stayed on as chairman of the board, and holds the role to this day. In November 2024, Moorthy announced his retirement, and Sanghi was reappointed president and CEO.

Sanghi won the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance in December 2022. In October 2024, Northern Arizona University renamed their College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences to the Steve Sanghi College of Engineering.

In December 2024, Sanghi was appointed to the Intel board of directors. In 2017, they purchased the most expensive home ever sold in Arizona, in the town of Paradise Valley, for $15.6 million.

He wrote a book about his life and career called Up and to the Right in early 2023,