Life Summary
Choi Si-young is the President and General Manager of the Foundry Business at Samsung Electronics.

He is striving to overtake Taiwan’s TSMC, the world leader in the foundry (semiconductor contract manufacturing) business, which forms a crucial part of Samsung Electronics' system semiconductor division.

Currently, he is focusing the company's efforts on resolving yield (ratio of functional products) issues in advanced processes of 3nm or smaller technologies.

Choi was born on January 18, 1964, in Seoul.

He graduated from Yonsei University with a degree in Materials Engineering and earned a master’s degree in Materials Engineering from Yonsei University’s graduate school. He also received a Ph.D. in Electronic Materials Engineering from Ohio State University in the United States.

After joining Samsung Electronics, Choi gained expertise in semiconductor processes, working in the Process Development Team of the Semiconductor Research Institute. He later held roles such as Head of the Process Development Team in the Foundry Business Team, Head of the Yield Enhancement (YE) Team in the System LSI Center, Head of the Foundry Manufacturing Technology Center, and Head of the Memory Manufacturing Technology Center.

In 2020, he succeeded President Jung Eun-seung as the Head of the Foundry Business.

Choi has led both the process development and manufacturing sectors of Samsung Electronics' semiconductor business.

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