Applied Materials Appoints Eric Chen to Board of Directors
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
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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