Young K. Sohn, Chair of the W3i Board of Governors

Young K. Sohn

Young served as the President and CEO of Inphi Corporation from 2007 to 2012, and led Inphi's successful IPO in 2010. Prior to joining Inphi, Young served as president of Agilent Technologies' Semiconductor Group (now known as Avago Technologies), where he led the successful turnaround of the company's semiconductor operations. He also served as chair and CEO of Oak Technology, a digital media semiconductor company, and as co-president of Quantum Corporation, a data storage products manufacturer.

Young also managed Intel Corporations' Samsung-Intel strategic partnership, and while there, started the company's PC chipset unit and grew it to over $300M in revenue.

Mr. Sohn was an advisor to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab's OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) program from 2005 to 2007 and serves on the North America MIT Sloan School Board.   He currently serves on the board of directors for ARM Holdings, PLC, Cymer, Inc. and several private companies. 

Mr. Sohn holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and an M.S. degree from the MIT Sloan School of Management.