# Raghib Hussain

> Raghib Hussain is President and CEO of Altera, a semiconductor executive and Cavium co-founder whose career spans networking, security processors and AI infrastructure. He joined Altera in May 2025 as it prepared to become an independent FPGA business under majority ownership by Silver Lake.

- **Role:** President and CEO at Altera
- **Organizations:** Altera, Cavium, Marvell Technology, Cirrus Logic, Cisco, Cadence Design Systems, VPNet, RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy
- **Education:** B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering, NED University of Engineering and Technology, M.S. in Computer Engineering, San Jose State University, Stanford Executive Program (executive education), Stanford University
- **Known for:** Co-founded Cavium and helped build it into a business with approximately $1 billion in annual revenue, according to his 2025 career reflection., Helped lead Cavium through its 2007 IPO and acquisition by Marvell in 2018., Holds more than 40 patents in networking and security technologies.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2000** — Held engineering roles at Cisco and Cadence and was a founding team member at enterprise security company VPNet.
- **2000** — Co-founded Cavium with Syed Ali.
- **2007** — Cavium completed its IPO.
- **2018** — Marvell completed its Cavium acquisition on July 6; Hussain became chief strategy officer and executive vice president.
- **2021** — Promoted to Marvell President, Products and Technologies in April; joined the Cirrus Logic board effective September 29.
- **2025** — Became Altera CEO on May 5, succeeding Sandra Rivera; Altera majority-stake transaction closed September 12.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Cavium and helped build it into a business with approximately $1 billion in annual revenue, according to his 2025 career reflection.
- Helped lead Cavium through its 2007 IPO and acquisition by Marvell in 2018.
- Holds more than 40 patents in networking and security technologies.
- Serves on the Cirrus Logic board, having joined in 2021.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Altera appointed Nishit Sahay CIO on September 28; Hussain emphasized infrastructure, simpler operations and better tools.
- **2026-09** — Altera announced board appointments of Kirsten Spears and Sumit Sadana on September 2.
- **2026-07** — Hussain reported more than 20% growth in the prior year and expected mid-20% growth in 2026; these were his statements about a private company, not published audited results.
- **2026-05** — Published A Year of Focus and Transformation on May 6.
- **2026-04** — Altera announced planned lifecycle support through 2045 for specified FPGA families, with device exclusions and supply caveats.

## Links

- Website: https://www.altera.com/about/leadership
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghib-hussain-altera

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