John Hennessy Biography and Net Worth

Dr. John L. Hennessy Ph.D. serves as Independent Chairman of the Board of the Company. He has served as a member of our Board of Directors since April 2004 and as Chairman of the Board of Directors since January 2018. John previously served as our Lead Independent Director from April 2007 to January 2018. John served as the President of Stanford University from September 2000 to August 2016. John was previously a director and a member of the nominating and governance committee and acquisition committee of Cisco Systems, Inc., a networking equipment company, from January 2002 to December 2018. He also serves as a trustee of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and as a director of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. From 1994 to August 2000, John held various positions at Stanford, including Dean of the Stanford University School of Engineering and Chair of the Stanford University Department of Computer Science. John holds a Doctoral degree and a Master of Science degree in computer science from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Villanova University.