Executive Biographies

Carlo Bozotti was born in Noviglio, near Milan, Italy, in 1952 and graduated in Electronic Engineering at the University of Pavia in 1976, having written his thesis on very high-voltage switching transistors.

In 1977, Bozotti joined the high-voltage transistor development laboratory of the Italian semiconductor manufacturer SGS-ATES and in 1984, in his role of product manager for telecom, computer peripherals, and automotive products he pioneered the market for the first smart-power devices, based on innovative technology developed at ST and in which the Company is today a world leader. After the creation, in 1987, of SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (now STMicroelectronics), Bozotti was promoted to Director of Corporate Strategic Marketing and Key Accounts and, later on, Corporate Vice President, Marketing and Sales, Americas. While in the US, Bozotti and his team tripled sales to US customers, to almost $1B.

Three years later, Bozotti returned to the Company’s headquarters to become Corporate Vice President for Europe and Headquarter Regions, overseeing sales in Europe, as well as sales to key customers and strategic marketing worldwide. From 1994 to 1997, under his leadership, the Company's sales in Europe grew close to 46% to $1.77B, while those to strategic partners grew 124% to $1.26B. In 1998, Bozotti took on a new responsibility as Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Memory Products Group.

Throughout his career, Bozotti has contributed to forging strategic alliances with key customers in different market segments, leveraging ST’s deep understanding of customers’ needs to provide winning solutions to them for mutual benefit. In doing so, he has had a key role in the development of ST’s business model of dedicating attention to Strategic Partners, which has proven to be a key asset of the Company.

In March 2005, Bozotti was appointed as the Sole Member of the Management Board and President and Chief Executive Officer. Bozotti also chairs the ST Corporate Executive Committee, comprised of ten senior corporate executives in addition to the COO and the CEO.

As part of Bozotti’s strategic efforts to build scale for the Company in several businesses, he has engineered joint ventures with other industry leaders and has taken board-level positions in those JVs to guide their success. Bozotti is the Chairman of the Board of Numonyx, the JV combining Flash-memory assets from ST and Intel in which ST holds a 48.6% interest, and the Chairman of the Board of ST-NXP Wireless, in which ST currently holds an 80% interest. Bozotti further improved the competitive positioning and scale of ST-NXP Wireless by announcing an agreement to acquire the remaining 20% and merge that whole enterprise with Ericsson Mobile Platforms; upon closing, ST will own 50% of this new company and Bozotti will take the position of Vice Chairman of the Board.