Ruiz to stand aside as Globalfoundries chairman
HECTOR Ruiz will step down as chairman of chip maker Globalfoundries, following reports linking the former Advanced Micro Devices chief executive to the largest insider trading scheme in decades.
Ruiz will immediately take a voluntary leave of absence and will be resigning from the company on 4 January, Globalfoundries said in a statement yesterday.
The statement, which said Ruiz submitted his resignation in September, did not state a reason for his decision.
Alan “Lanny” Ross, former chief executive of Broadcom, will serve on an interim basis until a permanent chairman has been appointed.
Ruiz was said to have passed on confidential information regarding AMD’s spin-off of Globalfoundries to a hedge fund manager when he was AMD’s chief executive. AMD?owns a large but minority stake in the venture with Abu Dhabi investors.