Chair, CEO
Vincent Roche is an Irish-American executive serving as Chair and CEO of Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), a leading semiconductor company founded in 1965. He is only the third CEO and second Chairman in the company's history, having joined ADI in 1988 as a senior marketing engineer in Limerick, Ireland, and progressively advanced through roles in product line management, strategic marketing, business unit management, and global sales[[1]](https://hackernoon.com/u/vincentroche)[[2]](https://www.semiconductors.org/board/vincent-roche/)[[4]](https://www.imecitf.com/2023/world/speakers/vincent-roche)[[6]](https://www.eenewseurope.com/en/new-ceo-for-analog-devices-company-names-vincent-roche/). Promoted to President in 2012 and CEO in 2013, Roche has driven significant growth, including expanding market leadership in high-performance analog semiconductors, acquiring Maxim Integrated for $21 billion, and increasing sales to over $7.3 billion in 2021 while boosting market capitalization by over $70 billion[[1]](https://hackernoon.com/u/vincentroche)[[2]](https://www.semiconductors.org/board/vincent-roche/)[[3]](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/chips-not-down-for-wexford-man-running-us-semiconductor-giant-1.4852789).
Born in Wexford, Ireland, Roche attended CBS in Wexford and earned a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Higher Education (now University of Limerick) in 1982, along with an honorary Doctor of Science from UL[[1]](https://hackernoon.com/u/vincentroche)[[2]](https://www.semiconductors.org/board/vincent-roche/)[[3]](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/chips-not-down-for-wexford-man-running-us-semiconductor-giant-1.4852789)[[5]](https://www.ul.ie/scieng/news/ul-announce-new-scholarships-honouring-adi-ceo-vincent-roche). He has held senior positions across Ireland, Massachusetts, and California, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Acacia Communications, Inc. At age 62 (as of 2022), he is the only Irish person leading a Fortune 500 company, overseeing ADI's strategic vision, R&D, sales, and innovation in signal processing technologies for industrial, automotive, and infrastructure applications[[2]](https://www.semiconductors.org/board/vincent-roche/)[[3]](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/chips-not-down-for-wexford-man-running-us-semiconductor-giant-1.4852789).
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