Technology >> CEO Interviews >> May 11, 2000
Alex Lidow joined International Rectifier in 1977 as a Research &
Development engineer. Subsequently, he served the company as Vice
President of R&D. He was promoted to Executive Vice President of
Manufacturing & Technology in 1985 and served as President of IR's
Electronic Products Division beginning in 1989. He advanced to Executive
Vice President of Operations in 1992 and was named to his current
position as Chief Executive Officer in March 1995. A co-inventor of the
HEXFET' power MOSFET, Mr. Lidow holds nine patents on power
semiconductor technology and has numerous publications on related
subjects. Mr. Lidow earned a BS in Applied Physics from California
Institute of Technology in 1975. He received a PhD in Applied Physics
from Stanford University as a Hertz Foundation Fellow. His professional
associations include the Institute of Electrical & Electronics
Engineers, the Electrochemical Society and Tau Beta Pi. Lidow is married
with two children Profile
Mr. Lidow: International Rectifier is a technology and market leader in
a field called power management, and this is an area that's
