Yahoo Finance named AMD CEO Lisa Su its 2026 CEO of the Year. According to Sina Finance, AMD shares rose 158% during the year, while Nvidia fell 7% and Broadcom declined less than 1%; the S&P 500 gained 11% and the Nasdaq Composite rose 10%.
Su joined AMD as a senior executive in 2012 and became CEO in 2014. During 2026, AMD acquired World Labs for $8.2 billion. World Labs develops software related to 3D environments, and its leader, Fei-Fei Li, is set to join AMD as executive vice president and chief scientist, reporting to Su.
AMD's third-quarter revenue rose 45% year over year to a record $13.38 billion, while adjusted earnings per share climbed 74% to $2.09. Data center revenue grew 97% to a record $8.5 billion, supported by demand for EPYC server processors and increased production of Instinct MI450 AI accelerators.
AMD expects fourth-quarter data center revenue to rise 50% sequentially. Su forecasts that company revenue will grow more than 80% in 2027, with server revenue doubling and data center AI revenue more than doubling. AMD also introduced its Instinct MI450 GPUs and sixth-generation EPYC Venice CPUs for its Helios rack-scale AI system.