# Fermi Wang: CEO, Ambarella

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Serial entrepreneur and video compression technology expert. Co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Ambarella since 2004. Previously CEO and co-founder of Afara Websystems (acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2002), and held senior engineering roles at C-Cube Microsystems where his team developed the world's first MPEG CODEC chip. NTU (National Taiwan University) alumnus. Holds several digital video-related patents, including core MPEGLA MPEG-2 and MPEG-4/AVC patents.

- **Nationality:** Taiwanese-American
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Current roles (2)

- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md) CEO & Co-founder (secondary-verified)
- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md) Co-founder (secondary-verified)

## Foundings (1)

- [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md)

See all founders: [/founders](https://registry.deploy.report/founders.md)

## Co-founders (1)

- [Les Kohn](https://registry.deploy.report/people/les-kohn.md) co-founded [Ambarella](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/ambarella.md)

## Sources (4)

1. https://www.ambarella.com/executive-team/
2. https://www.ambarella.com/person/fermi-wang/
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambarella_Inc.
4. https://www.ntu.edu.tw/english/spotlight/2019/1725_20190718.html


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