Indian-American Sanjay Mehrotra recognised among world’s top executives of 2025 by The Economist

Sanjay Mehrotra. PIC/Wikimedia Commons

Indian-American Sanjay Mehrotra, who is the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of United States (US)-based memory-chip maker Micron Technology, has been named among the world's top-performing executives of 2025 by The Economist. The recognition comes amid a year marked by geopolitical tensions, trade uncertainty, and rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI).

The Economist assessed chief executives of companies listed on the S&P 1200 index, excluding mainland China and India, ranking them based on shareholder returns relative to their sectors. Executives with less than three years in office were not considered. While many companies struggled to translate AI-driven innovation into sustained profits, Mehrotra's leadership placed Micron among the top performers, with the company emerging as a key supplier of high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a critical component for AI data centres.

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Mehrotra joined Micron in 2017 after a distinguished career at SanDisk, which he co-founded in 1988 and led as president and CEO from 2011 until its sale in 2016.

With more than 40 years of experience in the semiconductor memory industry, he holds over 70 patents and has published numerous articles on nonvolatile memory design and flash memory systems.

Under his leadership, Micron has capitalised on growth in AI infrastructure, positioning itself as a major provider of memory solutions globally. Mehrotra has also been recognised for his contributions to engineering and the semiconductor industry, including induction into the National Academy of Engineering in 2022 and receiving the Semiconductor Industry Association's Robert N Noyce Award in 2023.

The publication also highlighted other top executives, including Armin Papperger of Rheinmetall, Tom Palmer of Newmont, Okada Naoki of Fujikura, David Zaslav of Warner Bros Discovery, Son Jae-il of Hanwha Aerospace, J Paul Rollinson of Kinross Gold, Vladimir Tenev of Robinhood, Kwak Noh-Jung of SK Hynix, and Dave Mosley of Seagate Technology.