Sung Hoon Yang, Ph.D.
General Manager – Samsung Ventures America
Senior Director – Samsung Ventures
Dr. Yang’s career with Samsung has spanned engineering, design, simulation, and investment assignments in Korea and the US. He currently serves as GM of Samsung Ventures America. Prior to this role, he was Chief Investment Manager in Korea, where he led mergers and acquisitions of several semiconductor materials companies (Voltaix-acquired by Air Liquide, NexPlanar-acquired by Cabot Microelectronics, StoreDot, Inpria, SBA, Aveni, DSC), equipment and tools (IMS-acquired by Intel, Teraview, Exnodes), software (SolidFire-acquired by NetApp, Mirero-acquired by Samsung, xTAL), and new concept memory (Nantero). From the Seoul National University, Dr. Yang received a Ph.D. and MS in Material Science and a BS in Polymer Science.