12 Facts About Sanjay Mehrotra

Sanjay Mehrotra is an Indian-American business executive and the CEO of Micron Technology.

Sanjay Mehrotra was a co-founder of SanDisk, and its president and CEO from 2011 until its acquisition by Western Digital in 2016.

Sanjay Mehrotra's father was a liaison officer in the cotton industry, who later moved the family to New Delhi when Mehrotra was 10 years old.

At an early age, Mehrotra began expressing interest in math and science, and he has since said that his father and siblings played a significant role in encouraging him to pursue an education in STEM.

Sanjay Mehrotra has said that it was his father's dream to see him continue his education in the US, so he committed himself to applying to American universities.

At the age of 18, Sanjay Mehrotra moved to the US, transferring from BITS Pilani to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Sanjay Mehrotra graduated in 2009 from Stanford University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program.

Sanjay Mehrotra has published articles in the area of non-volatile memory design and flash memory systems.

Sanjay Mehrotra co-founded SanDisk in 1988 and was president and CEO from 2011 until 2016.

Sanjay Mehrotra previously was executive vice president and chief operating officer, senior vice president of engineering, vice president of product development and director of memory design and product engineering.

Sanjay Mehrotra has more than 35 years of experience in the non-volatile semiconductor memory industry, including engineering and management positions at SanDisk, Micron, Integrated Device Technology, SEEQ Technology, Intel, and Atmel.

Sanjay Mehrotra's appointment became effective May 8,2017, with Durcan as an adviser to the company until early August 2017.