Steve Sanghi

Mr. Sanghi was named the Chief Executive Officer of Microchip in October 1991, and the Chairman of the Board of Directors in October 1993. Mr. Sanghi served as President from August 1990 to February 2016 and has served as a director since August 1990. Before joining the Company, Mr. Sanghi was Vice President of Operations at Waferscale Integration, Inc., a semiconductor company, from 1988 to 1990. Mr. Sanghi was employed by Intel Corporation from 1978 to 1988, where he held various positions in management and engineering, the most recent serving as General Manager of Programmable Memory Operations. Mr. Sanghi holds a Masters of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics and Communication from Punjab University, India.