Gregg Lowe
Appointed in 2023 by the B.O.G.; term ends 2027
Gregg Lowe joined Wolfspeed in September 2017 and served as president and chief executive officer (CEO) until November of 20024. He focused the company on Silicon Carbide technology, and led the massive adoption of Silicon Carbide across a wide range of applications in the high-power market, including electric vehicles, solar inverter and AI data centers.
Prior to Wolfspeed, he served as president and CEO of Freescale Semiconductor, a $5 billion global company with products serving automotive, industrial, consumer and communications markets. During his time at Freescale, Lowe led the successful merger with NXP Semiconductors N.V., creating a high-performance, mixed-signal semiconductor industry leader, with combined revenue of more than $10 billion. Prior to Freescale, he had a long career spanning 28 years at Texas Instruments including executive roles as senior vice president and leader of the analog business.
In addition to his roles as a corporate executive, Lowe also holds numerous board positions including Silicon Labs in Austin, Texas; Power Integrations in San Jose, CA, and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as chairman of the board from 2022-2025.
Lowe holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Rose - Hulman Institute of Technology (where he played football for the “Fighting Engineers”) and has completed the executive program at Stanford University. He is the recipient of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Career Achievement Award, which honored both his accomplishments in the semiconductor industry as well as his community service, and he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering from the Institute in 2014.
Lowe is married and has two adult children. His career spans living in Houston, Detroit, Munich, Nice, Dallas, Austin, and now Durham, North Carolina. He is fluent in German.
