[2][3] He previously served as president of Microchip Technology from 1990 to 2016 and as chief executive officer from 1991 to 2021, and was re-appointed to both roles in November 2024.
[1] Sanghi began his career at Intel as an engineer, and quickly rose through the ranks, eventually becoming the general manager of their programmable memory products division.
In 1988, Sanghi became vice president of operations at a start-up called Waferscale Integration before joining Microchip in February 1990, which at the time was on the brink of bankruptcy.
[7] Sanghi won the Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award from the Global Semiconductor Alliance in December 2022.
[11] He wrote a book about his life and career called Up and to the Right in early 2023,[8] and in October 2024, he released Ask Steve, a collection of advice he provided in his column in the Arizona Republic.