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Hector ruiz biography
Hector Ruiz
Chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions
Hector de Jesus Ruiz Cardenas (born December 25, 1945) is the chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions, Inc.
and former CEO & executive chairman of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD).[1]
Ruiz is the author of Slingshot: AMD’s Fight To Free An Industry From The Ruthless Grip Of Intel, "a book that memorializes his bet-the-company decision in 2005 to file an antitrust case against its much larger rival."[2] The book also "elaborates on his humble upbringing as well as advice and lessons learned from relatives and teachers."
Education
Ruiz was born in the border town of Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.
As a teenager, he walked across the Mexico – United States border every day to attend a high school in nearby Eagle Pass, Texas, from which he graduated as valedictorian just three years after beginning to learn English. Ruiz earned a BS and MS in el