1997 Honoree - Chong-Moon Lee
Founder & Chairman, Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, AmBex Technologies, Inc. and AmBex Venture Group, LLC
"Not only Koreans but many successful first-generation Asian immigrants who came to this country took advantage of what already existed, and it is our responsibility to make this country better. - Chong-Moon Lee in the San Francisco Chronicle, October 19, 1995
Founder and Chairman of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., Chong-Moon Lee is Chairman and CEO of both AmBex Technologies, Inc. and AmBex Venture Group, LLC. Diamond Multimedia has achieved the No. 1 ranking in revenue and market share for PC Graphic accelerator products in America and reported $598 million in revenues for 1996.
A native of Seoul, Korea, who came to the U.S. in 1970, Mr. Lee has a diverse background. A consulting professor at Stanford University, he has worked as an assistant librarian at the National Central Library of Korea, served as a board member of the UNESCO Korean Chapter and Korean Olympic Committee, and also served as President of the Cycling Federation of Korea. To foster stronger relationships between the U.S. and Asia, he accompanied President Clinton to the APEC conference in Manila as a member of the U.S. business delegation, and is serves as Chairman of the Organizing Committee for the U.S. and Asia Pacific Information Technology Summit.
An active participant and philanthropist in the local community, Mr. Lee contributed $15 million to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco and established the Educational Technology Scholarship Program to bring Asian educators to the International Conference on Technology and Education. The Los Angeles Times named him as America's 21st ranked philanthropist (December 25, 1996). He is a Commissioner and Trustee of the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, a founding Board Member of The Tech Museum of Innovation, and a Board Member of the American Red Cross in Santa Clara.
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