Willem P. Roelandts

Who is Willem P. Roelandts?

Since January 1996, Willem P. "Wim" Roelandts

has served at the helm of Xilinx as President and CEO. In August 2003,

he assumed the position of Chairman of the Board.

Under Roelandts' leadership, Xilinx has doubled its revenue to over

$1 billion, significantly expanding its business globally and

diversifying into higher volume consumer markets. Market research firm

Gartner Dataquest ranks Xilinx as the fourth largest supplier of custom

logic chips in the world and the number one supplier of programmable

logic chips, one of the fastest growing segments of the overall

semiconductor industry.

Today Xilinx is widely recognized as one of best managed and most

financially sound high technology companies in the world. For four

years in a row, Xilinx has been named to FORTUNE Magazine's "Top 100

Best Companies to Work For." Forbes now includes Xilinx in its list of

America's 400 best big companies and Roelandts consistently ranks as

one of the highest-rated chief executives in the semiconductor sector,

based upon approval ratings tracked at forbes.com.

Roelandts is actively involved in industry affairs, serving on the

Board of Directors of the Semiconductor Industry Association, the

Technology Network, Applied Materials, and as president of the Fabless

Semiconductor Association. Roelandts also frequently acts as a keynote

speaker at industry conferences and trade shows and as a guest on

financial and business television programs broadcast internationally.

Roelandts joined Xilinx after a 30-year career in management at

Hewlett-Packard Co. In his most recent position, he served as senior

vice president and was responsible for all aspects of HP's then $6

billion worldwide computer systems business, including research and

development, manufacturing, marketing, professional services and sales.

Roelandts was born January 4, 1945, in Lennik, Belgium. He earned

his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Rijks Hogere

Technische School in Anderlecht, Belgium, in 1965.