Introduction

Weili Dai is one of the most successful women entrepreneurs in the world. Widely considered a technology visionary, she is the only woman Co-Founder of a global semiconductor company, Marvell Technology Group. For her contributions to technology and society, Newsweek named Ms. Dai one of the “150 Women Who Shake the World” and was profiled by CNN International for the Leading Women Series: Leading the Female Tech Charge, Leading Women Principles Fair and Care, Educating for Future Success, and Leading Women Inspire Others.

Forbes Magazine listed Ms. Dai as one of the “World’s 100 Most Powerful Women” and “America’s Richest Self-Made Women”. The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) also recognized Ms. Dai along with her husband Dr. Sehat Sutardja, Co-Founder and former CEO of Marvell, with the prestigious 2013 Dr. Morris Chang Exemplary Leadership Award, due to their exceptional success in creating Marvell, their individual contributions to today’s modern semiconductor age, as well as the talents and expertise they’ve continuously leveraged to address and overcome pressing global issues like education and smart energy.

Weili Dai holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Today, “Sutardja Dai Hall” named after Ms. Dai along with her husband, Sehat Sutardja, is home to the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS). Celebrated as the glue behind her companies, family and community, Ms. Dai is the proud mother of two sons, Christopher and Nicholas, who both received their Ph.D degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Ms. Dai was selected as the first woman commencement speaker for the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering graduation ceremony on May 12, 2012.

Ms. Dai is the Chairwoman of Lark Health through which she has become a powerful advocate for the better use of technology to improve the human condition. She’s now an extremely proud grandmother and continues to have a relentless passion to innovate through her various active roles in semiconductor technology and software companies –including Silicon Box, as Co-Founder, FLC Technology Group as the Co-Founder and President, and MeetKai, as Co-Founder and Executive Chairwoman, where she’s shaping the future of AI experiences.