Micron Technology's president and chief executive officer is Sanjay Mehrotra. Mr. Mehrotra entered Micron in May 2017 following a long and illustrious career at SanDisk Corporation, where he oversaw the firm from its inception in 1988 to its sale in 2016. Mr. Mehrotra was a co-founder of SanDisk and acted as its president and Chief executive officer from 2011 to 2016, managing the company's expansion to become a Fortune 500 leader in the industry. Mr. Mehrotra worked at Integrated Device Technology, Inc., SEEQ Technology, and Intel Corporation before joining SanDisk.

Mr. Mehrotra is a graduate of the Stanford Graduate School of Business Executive Program and holds bachelor's and doctorates in computer science and electrical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley (SEP). From 2009 to 2018, he was a member of Cavium, Inc.'s board of directors. Mr. Mehrotra has over 70 patents and has written publications about nonvolatile storage architecture and flash memory technologies.

Startup:

Since June 2006, Mehrotra has served as president and chief operating officer of SanDisk, which he co-founded in 1988. He has held the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer, executive vice president of engineering, vice president of product development, and director of memory design and product engineering in the past.

He has held engineering and managerial positions at SanDisk, Integrated Device Technology, Inc., SEEQ Technology, Inc., Intel Corporation, and Atmel Corporation throughout his more than 30 years in the non-volatile semiconductor memory sector.

Academia:

Mehrotra attended a Delhi school, Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Lodhi Road, for a few years of his early education. He attended BITS Pilani for his first two years of college before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley gave Mehrotra his bachelor's and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and computer science. He graduated from the Executive Education Program at Stanford University's Graduate School of Business in 2009.

Mehrotra is the owner of over 70 patents. He's written articles about non-volatile reminiscence design and flash memory systems.

Accomplishments at SanDisk:

From 2011 to 2016, Mehrotra served as president and CEO of SanDisk, which he co-founded in 1988. He has held the positions of executive vice president and chief operating officer, senior vice president of engineering, vice president of product development, and director of memory design and product engineering in the past.

He has held engineering and managerial positions at SanDisk, Micron, Integrated Device Technology, SEEQ Technology, Intel, and Atmel during his more than 30 years in the non-volatile semiconductor memory sector.

Accomplishments at Micron:

Mehrotra was named chief executive officer after Mark Durcan announced his retirement in February 2017. [2] Durcan joined the company as an adviser on May 8, 2017, and will continue to do so until early August 2017.

While CEO at Micron, Mehrotra was selected 2019 chairman of the Semiconductor Sector Association, the leading advocacy organisation for the U.S. semiconductor industry.

Accolades:

The following prizes and distinctions have been bestowed upon Mehrotra:

• The American India Foundation awarded Mehrotra on March 21, 2015 for his "personal philanthropy efforts and for spearheading SanDisk's programmes to promote educational chances for younger generations from disadvantaged backgrounds."
• The Chinese Institute of Engineers USA presented him with the "Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award" at the 13th annual Asian American Engineer of the Year Award ceremony on March 1, 2014.
• "On December 10, 2013, he was named "CEO of the Year" by the Entrepreneur's Foundation of Silicon Valley for his efforts in advancing SanDisk's community service efforts.
• "The University of California, Berkeley, presented him with the "Distinguished Alumni Award in Electrical Engineering" in 2013.
• "IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award" for "leadership in the development and marketing of Flash electronically erasable programmable read-only memory-based data storage solutions," 2006 (alongside SanDisk co-founders Ei Harari and Jack Yuan).
• American India Foundation. "Annual Bay Area Gala 2015." 2015-03-21. Retrieved 2015-03-21.
• "Sanjay Mehrotra of SanDisk Wins Lifetime Achievement Award". India West. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
• "Silicon Valley Community Foundation celebrates Five Award Winners at Annual Powered by EF Reception," Silicon Valley Community Foundation, December 10, 2013.
• University of California, Berkeley. "Berkeley EECS Distinguished Alumni." 2013-06-01. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
• IEEE Reynold B. Johnson Data Storage Device Technology Award. IEEE, 2006-06-01.

Activities:

On May 18, 2014, Mehrotra gave a commencement speech to graduates of the University of California, Berkeley College of Engineering. His address detailed his own journey from an overseas student to the CEO of a Fortune 500 firm, as well as the lessons he has learned along the way.

The SanDisk Computing Lab College of Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, was inaugurated on April 18, 2014, by Mehrotra and S. Shankar Sastry, dean and Carlson professor of engineering at UC Berkeley. SanDisk donated $1 million to the College of Engineering to help establish the lab. Cory Hall, which houses the College's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, was also renovated thanks to the gift.

Sanjay Mehrotra’s Net Worth:

Sanjay's individual net worth is projected to be between $75 and $100 million USD as of 2021. Micron's CEO is said to have received a total salary of roughly $20 million in 2020. Micron Technology is a publicly traded company with a market capitalization of $60.1 billion USD. The corporation is owned by institutional investors to the tune of 76.16 percent. Appaloosa LP, State Street Corp, Primecap Management, Blackrock Inc, and others are among the largest investors.

An essential Trivia on Sanjay Mehrotra:

Sanjay, the CEO of Micron, was born on June 27, 1958, at the age of 63. Sangeeta Mehrotra is his wife. Malika Mehrotra and Mahncy Mehrotra are their two children. Mehrotra learnt perseverance from his father, who, despite their financial difficulties, was eager to send his son overseas for an undergraduate degree.

Sanjay, who was only 18 years old at the time and had accomplished his high school diploma in India, applied to the United States in order to achieve his father's goal. His application was turned down, however, because American colleges demanded 12 years of high school schooling. To achieve this requirement, he enrolled in an Indian institution and resubmitted his candidacy to the United States at the end of his second year. UC Berkeley had chosen him this time. He was denied a visa since he was under the age of 18. Regardless of the fact that his son's visa was rejected for the third time by the US consulate, his father persisted. He tracked down the embassy, spoke with him for twenty minutes, and eventually secured Sanjay's US visa.

Apart from that, Mehrotra met his first business endeavour, SanDisk's cofounder Eli Harari, at Intel, where he started his career. The company's three cofounders were all immigrants. Harari is Israeli, Jack Yuan is Taiwanese, and Mehrotra is Indian.

Contact Details:

• Sanjay Mehrotra's LinkedIn profile can be found here:

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjay-mehrotra-3508004
• You can also find him on Twitter at @MicronCEO, where you may communicate with him.
• Sanjay Mehrotra may be reached at [email protected]