Author
Kurt Sievers
Kurt Sievers has served as president and chief executive officer of NXP since May
2020. As a member of NXP’s executive management team since 2009, Kurt has been
instrumental in leading the definition and implementation of NXP’s strategy for
“secure connections for a smarter world.” Prior to being elected CEO, Kurt served as
president of NXP and oversaw all of the company’s business lines. In 2019, Kurt led
the successful acquisition of Marvell’s Wi-Fi Connectivity Business Unit, enabling
NXP to deliver complete, scalable processing and connectivity solutions to customers
across NXP’s focus end markets. In 2015, he played a key role in the merger of NXP
and Freescale Semiconductor, which created one of the world’s leading semiconductor
companies and a leader in automotive semiconductors and secure edge processing.
Kurt joined NXP in 1995, progressing through a series of sales and marketing,
product definition and development, strategy and general management leadership
positions across a broad number of market segments.