CMP's Electronic Buyers' News Identifies the 25 Executives to Watch in the Electronics Industry

Business Wire, Dec 24, 1998

MANHASSET, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 24, 1998--CMP Media's Electronic Buyers' News, the industry newspaper for purchasing and business management, has published its annual Hot 25 list of executives who made their mark on the electronics industry this year.

"One universal trait among this year's 25 is their decisiveness under fire," said Matthew Sheerin, the publication's editor-in-chief. "Texas Instruments' Thomas Engibous made one of the boldest moves, shepherding TI's exit from the memory business. Perhaps equally brave was Micron Technology's Steve Appleton, who steered the company toward the purchase of that operation," he said of two of the honorees.

This year's picks, Sheerin added, also include Dell Computer's Michael Dell, Apple's Steve Jobs, and AMD's Jerry Sanders--not because they regularly receive scads of publicity, but because their accomplishments were particularly noteworthy. "In addition, others who were determined to be different succeeded," Sheerin said. "Broadcom's stock and technology, for example, are alluring largely due to the technical and business acumen of company co-founders Henry Nicholas and Henry Samueli, as well as to their ability to strike out on their own and call market needs correctly."

The Electronic Buyers' News Hot 25 for 1998 are:

Prakash C. Agarwal, NeoMagic Corp., Santa Clara, Calif.; Bruce Anderson, Fujitsu PC Corp., Milpitas, Calif.; Paul E. Andrews Jr., TTI Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; Philippe Anglaret, Framatome Connectors International, Paris; Steven R. Appleton, Micron Technology Inc., Boise, Idaho; Michael J. Attardo, IBM Microelectronics, E. Fishkill, N.Y.; Daniel Carracino, American IC Exchange, Aliso Viejo, Calif.; Morris Chang, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp. Ltd.,

Hsinchu, Taiwan; Michael S. Dell, Dell Computer Corp., Round Rock, Texas; Thomas J. Engibous, Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas; Greg Frazier, Avnet Integrated Materials Services, Phoenix; Kwok Yuen (K.Y.) Ho, ATI Technologies Inc., Thornhill, Ontario; Steve Jobs, Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, Calif.; Henry T. Nicholas III, Broadcom corp., Irvine, Calif.; Robert S. Pepper, Level One Communications Inc., Sacramento, Calif.; Henry Samueli, Broadcom Corp., Irvine, Calif.; W.J. Sanders III, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.; Steve Sanghi, Microchip Technology Inc., Chandler, Ariz.; Thomas A. Sansone, Jabil Circuit Inc., St. Petersburg, Fla.; Francis M. Scricco, Arrow Electronics Inc., Melville, N.Y.; James N. Smith, VEBA Electronics' Atlas Services-North America,

Irvine, Calif.; Thomas Stallkamp, DaimlerChrysler Corp. Auburn Hills, Mich.; Joseph P. Walker, CTS Corp., Elkhart, Ind.; Felix Zandman, Vishay Intertechnology Inc., Malvern, Pa.; Raymond D. Zinn, Micrel Semiconductor Inc., San Jose

For more details on the honorees, visit the Electronic Buyers' News Web site at http://www.ebnonline.com.

For more than 25 years, CMP's Electronic Buyers' News has been the most widely read publication serving purchasers of electronic components. An essential source of pricing trends, new products, supplier reports and industry developments, Electronic Buyers' News targets more than 67,000 OEM purchasing and corporate managers, weekly.

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