Roelandts becomes Applied Materials chairman

Wim Roelandts

Wim Roelandts, a hugely successful and respected CEO at Xilinx, will succeed Mike Splinter as chairman of the Applied board with immediate effect.

Roelandts brought the old HP management touch to Xilinx. He spent 29 years at HP in its glory years when it was the best place to work in the Valley.

As CEO at Xilinx between 1996 and 2007, Roelandts grew Xilinx’s sales from $560m to over $1.8bn.

He moved from being CEO of Xilinx to being chairman of the Xilinx board. He has been on Applied’s board since 2004.