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Axt CEO and leadership

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Axt CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Dr. Morris S. Young is the Axt's CEO. Axt has 1,399 employees, of which 11 are in a leadership position.
Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:
  • The Axt executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • 29% of the management team is White.
  • 4% of Axt management is Hispanic or Latino.
  • 4% of the management team is Black or African American.
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Name & TitleBio
Dr. Morris S. Young

CEO

Dr. Morris S. Young is the founder and Chief Executive Office of AXT. Dr. Young co-founded AXT in 1986 and served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board from 1989 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006, he served as CEO of AXT China Operations and Chief Technology Officer. In 2007, Dr. Young retired from AXT management, but continued to serve on the Board of Directors. In July 2009, Dr. Young was re-appointed as the CEO of AXT. Prior to founding AXT, Dr. Young served as a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to his tenure at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Young served as a member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs. Dr. Young holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Chengkung University , Taiwan, a Master of Science degree in metallurgy from Syracuse University and 1975 a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Metallurgy from Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Davis Zhang

Founders

Gary Lynn Fischer

VP & CFO

Gary Lynn Fischer's LinkedIn

Gary Fischer is a VP & CFO at AXT INC and is based in San Francisco--The Presidio. He has worked as VP and Chief Financial Officer at Shaman-Labs; Founder of Helping Others Succeed (continued from above) at Helping Others Succeed, LinkedIn next section; and President & COO, CFO and Board Member at INTEGRATED SILICON SOLUTION INC. Gary studied at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business.

Christine A. Russell

Board Member

Jesse Chen

Board Member

David C. Chang

Board Member

Wei Gao

CTO

Wei Gao's LinkedIn

Wei Gao are a CTO at AXT INC and are based in Fremont, California. They have worked as Senior Engineer in Optoelectronics Division at Nortel Networks, VP of Sales and Marketing at Precision Digital Corporation, and VP of Engineering at Raydex Technology Inc. Wei studied at University of Delaware between 1991 and 1995 and Beijing Jiaotong University between 1986 and 1989.

Leonard J. Leblanc

Board Member

Timothy J. Bettles

VP Business Development

Sung Nee George Chu

VP of Tchnology and Chief Scientist

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Name & TitleBio
Davis Zhang

Founders

Axt board members

Name & TitleBio
Dr. Morris S. Young

CEO

Dr. Morris S. Young is the founder and Chief Executive Office of AXT. Dr. Young co-founded AXT in 1986 and served as President, CEO and Chairman of the Board from 1989 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006, he served as CEO of AXT China Operations and Chief Technology Officer. In 2007, Dr. Young retired from AXT management, but continued to serve on the Board of Directors. In July 2009, Dr. Young was re-appointed as the CEO of AXT. Prior to founding AXT, Dr. Young served as a physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Prior to his tenure at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Dr. Young served as a member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Labs. Dr. Young holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Chengkung University , Taiwan, a Master of Science degree in metallurgy from Syracuse University and 1975 a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Metallurgy from Polytechnic Institute of New York University.

Christine A. Russell

Board Member

Jesse Chen

Board Member

David C. Chang

Board Member

Leonard J. Leblanc

Board Member

Axt leadership demographics

Axt gender distribution in management team

  • The Axt executive team is 45% female and 55% male.
  • Axt is 20% female and 80% male company-wide.
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Company-wide: 80%
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Company-wide: 20%

Axt executives by race

Management Team:
  • The most common ethnicity among Axt executive officers is Asian.
  • 62% of the management team is Asian.
  • 29% of Axt's management is White.
  • 4% of the management team is Black or African American.
Company-wide:
  • White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
  • 41% of employees are White.
  • 30% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.
  • 20% of employees are Asian.
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