Simon Segars
British businessman (born 1967)
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Simon Anthony Segars FRS[6] (born 17 October 1967) is a British business executive who was chief executive officer (CEO) of ARM Holdings plc from 2013 to 2022.[1][7][8][9][10] ARM is the UK's largest semiconductor IP company headquartered in Cambridge, England, and was acquired by SoftBank Group for £24.3 billion in 2016.[11][12]
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- University of Sussex (BEng)[2]
- University of Manchester (MSc)[3]
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| Born | Simon Anthony Segars 17 October 1967[1] Basildon, Essex, England |
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| Known for | CEO of ARM Holdings (2013–2022) |
| Awards | UKtech50 (2016)[4] |
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| Thesis | Low power microprocessor design (1996) |
| Academic advisors | Steve Furber[3] |
Education
Segars attended Woodlands School in Basildon,[13] and was educated at the University of Sussex where he earned a bachelor of engineering degree in electronic engineering.[2] He went on to study for a master's degree from the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester in 1996 on low power microprocessor design in the ARM6 chip, supervised by Steve Furber.[3]
Career
After working for Standard Telephones and Cables, Segars joined ARM in 1991 as its 16th employee.[1] He led development of the ARM7TM and ARM9TM Thumb® processor families.[1][14][2][15][16][17]
In July 2013 he succeeded Warren East as CEO of ARM.[1][7][5] He is a member of the board of directors at Electronic Design Automation Ltd, the EDA Consortium, the Global Semiconductor Alliance and Dolby Laboratories Inc.[5] He is Chair of Silicon Quantum Computing.[18]
In February 2022, Rene Haas succeeded Segars as CEO, with Segars leaving Arm.[19]
Awards and honours
In 2016, Segars was named the UKtech50 most influential person in UK Information technology by Computer Weekly.[4] He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2024.[6]
Personal life
Segars is married, with three children.[13]