Dr. Lisa Tzwu-Fang Su, born 7 November 1969 in Tainan, Taiwan, is the President and CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) — the chipmaker whose stock price rose more than 50× during her tenure (2014–present). She is one of the most consequential semiconductor executives of her generation. Notably, she is a distant relative of Jensen Huang of NVIDIA — making the AMD and NVIDIA CEOs cousins.

Her Parents

Father: Hong-Lin Su — statistician.

Mother: Sandy Su — accountant.

The family emigrated from Taiwan to New York City when Lisa was three (1972).

Her Brother

Lisa has a younger brother, an engineer.

Her Husband: Daniel Lin

Daniel Lin is Lisa's husband — they have been married since the 1990s. He has stayed almost entirely out of the public eye.

Her Relationship to Jensen Huang

It was confirmed in 2020 that Lisa Su and Jensen Huang are distant relatives — specifically that Lisa's maternal grandfather is the elder brother of Jensen's mother. This makes them first cousins once removed. They had been quietly aware of the relationship before public disclosure.

The Su Family Tree at a Glance

Parents: Hong-Lin Su (statistician); Sandy Su (accountant).

Brother: Younger brother (engineer).

Husband: Daniel Lin.

Children: None publicly known.

Notable Cousin (distant): Jensen Huang (NVIDIA CEO) — first cousins once removed.

Lisa Su:

  • Born 7 November 1969, Tainan, Taiwan
  • Family emigrated to NYC in 1972 (Lisa age 3)
  • Bronx High School of Science, NYC
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) — BS, MS, PhD in Electrical Engineering (1986–1994)
  • Texas Instruments; IBM (1995–2007); Freescale Semiconductor (2007–2012); AMD VP/General Manager (2012)
  • President and CEO of AMD from October 2014
  • Chair of the Board (from 2022)

What the Su Family Story Teaches Us

A statistician father. An accountant mother. A three-year-old daughter taken from Taiwan to New York City in 1972. A graduate education entirely at MIT. An AMD turnaround that brought the company back from near-failure to a $200+ billion market cap. A surprise distant-cousin relationship with the CEO of NVIDIA discovered late in life.

For every family — large or small, famous or otherwise — the Su story carries the same lesson. Distant cousins matter. The Su-Huang family connection — discovered through genealogical inquiry only after both had built their careers separately — is a reminder that family trees often connect to each other in ways you discover later. Write down the cousins. The connections may turn out to be more important than they first seem.

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