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Charles Liang

Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (since 1993), Supermicro

  • Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (since 1993), Supermicro12

Charles Liang is the founder of Super Micro Computer (Supermicro) and has served as its President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since founding the company in September 1993. Supermicro's investor pages describe Liang's long work developing server system architectures and technologies, for which Liang holds many server technology patents; the company builds application-optimized servers for AI, cloud, storage and edge computing on a building-block architecture.12

At a glance

Current role
Founder, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board (since 1993)
Company
Supermicro
Sector
Company
Work listed
2
Sources cited
2
Profile reviewed

Career

Liang began as a senior design engineer and project leader at Chips & Technologies and Suntek from 1988 to 1991, then served as President and Chief Design Engineer of Micro Center Computer from 1991 to 1993. Liang founded Supermicro in September 1993 and has led it as President, CEO and Chairman since then.1

Supermicro

Supermicro's company timeline traces its products from server boards in the mid-1990s to rackmount systems in 2002, Server Building Block Solutions in 2010, and the opening of a Green Computing Park in Silicon Valley in 2015. In 2025 the company launched integrated Data Center Building Block Solutions and next-generation direct liquid cooling for AI data centers.2

Work and contributions

  • Server Building Block Solutions Proprietary product

    Leads the company whose building-block approach to server design, introduced as Server Building Block Solutions in 2010, underpins its application-optimized systems.21

  • Data Center Building Block Solutions (DCBBS) Proprietary product

    Leads the company that launched integrated DCBBS offerings in 2025 for liquid-cooled AI data center deployments.21

Timeline

  1. Began work as a senior design engineer and project leader at Chips & Technologies and Suntek.1
  2. Became President and Chief Design Engineer of Micro Center Computer1
  3. Founded Supermicro, becoming its President, CEO and Chairman of the Board.12
  4. Supermicro introduced its Server Building Block Solutions.2
  5. Supermicro launched integrated Data Center Building Block Solutions for liquid-cooled AI data centers.2

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document that are not confirmed as current.

  • President and Chief Design Engineer (1991 to 1993), Micro Center Computer1
  • Senior Design Engineer and Project Leader (1988 to 1991), Chips & Technologies and Suntek1

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References

2 sources · profile reviewed Oct 21, 2026 · data updated Oct 21, 2026

  1. Executive Management — Supermicro Investor RelationsSuper Micro Computer, Inc. · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 21, 2026
  2. About Supermicro (company overview and timeline)Super Micro Computer, Inc. · Official page · accessed Oct 21, 2026 · reviewed Oct 21, 2026