Yahoo Finance Names AMD’s Lisa Su Its CEO of the Year for 2026

The honor was announced on Thursday by Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sozzi, who pointed to large deals, earnings beats and a share-price gain that left Nvidia and Broadcom behind.

Award Cites Deals and Earnings

Yahoo Finance said AMD shares were up 158% in 2026. Nvidia was down 7% year to date and Broadcom was down less than 1%. The company’s market value crossed $1 trillion in late September and stood at $906 billion when the award was published.

In third-quarter results reported on Nov. 3, AMD posted record sales of $13.38 billion, up 45% from a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were $2.09 a share, above forecasts of $1.94. Data-center revenue rose 97% to a record $8.5 billion, on demand for EPYC processors and Instinct MI450 AI accelerators.

AMD forecast 50% sequential growth in data centers in the fourth quarter and said 2027 revenue would rise more than 80%. Sozzi also noted that President Trump awarded Su the National Medal of Science in 2026.

World Labs and Anthropic Deals

Su, who became AMD’s chief executive in 2014, oversaw an $8.2 billion purchase of World Labs, an AI software firm led by Fei-Fei Li. Li will join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist.

AMD unveiled Instinct MI450 Series GPUs and sixth-generation EPYC Venice CPUs for its Helios rack-scale AI systems. Microsoft said it began deploying Helios across Azure AI services in the second half of 2026.

Anthropic plans to deploy up to 2 gigawatts of Instinct MI450 GPUs in Helios from the first half of 2027. AMD committed to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic, and a partnership with Meta Platforms could give Meta a stake of up to 10% in AMD.

Speaking at Yahoo Finance Invest, Su said the market “can sometimes be a little bit short-sighted,” but that she still saw strong demand.

Distant Tie to Nvidia’s Huang

Su is a distant relative of Jensen Huang, who resigned this week as Nvidia’s chief executive after reports of extramarital affairs, including one with a second company employee.

Su said in 2020 that they were “distant relatives.” An Nvidia spokesperson told CNN that Huang was related to her as a distant cousin through his mother’s side of the family. Genealogist Jean Wu has described them as first cousins once removed: Huang’s mother is a sister of Su’s grandfather.

They did not grow up together. Su told Bloomberg in 2024 that they first met at an industry event well into their careers. “No family dinners,” she said.

The recognition is separate from TIME’s 2024 CEO of the Year title and from Chief Executive magazine’s 2024 honor. The magazine’s 2026 award went to Motorola Solutions chairman Greg Brown.