Lip-Bu Tan (@LipBuTan1) — Twitter Score 48 out of 1000

Lip-Bu Tan is a semiconductor executive and deep-tech venture capitalist who became Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation in March 2025. Lip-Bu Tan's Twitter Score is 48 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #18,856 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.

Lip-Bu Tan founded Walden International in 1987 and co-founded both Celesta Capital and Walden Catalyst Ventures. At Celesta Capital, he serves as a General Partner across its funds, with an investment focus spanning 5G, AI and machine learning, data storage, data infrastructure, and semiconductors. Walden Catalyst Ventures similarly targets deep tech, AI, cloud, fintech, and digital biology across the United States, Europe, and Israel. Lip-Bu Tan also serves as an Independent Director at Schneider Electric and as an advisor to Yali Capital.

Lip-Bu Tan previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Cadence Design Systems from 2009 to 2021, and subsequently as Executive Chairman until 2023. He formerly served as an External Board Director at SoftBank Group and previously sat on the board of Credo Technology Group, from which he resigned effective October 2025. Lip-Bu Tan's account has published 47 posts and has been mentioned by 28 accounts a total of 42 times.

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Lip-Bu Tan draws a following from across the technology and investment landscape. The accounts that follow Lip-Bu Tan include 152 founders, 46 angel investors, 54 influencers and 2 VCs, among them Elon Musk, Marc Andreessen, David Sacks, Garry Tan, Qw and Santiago R Santos.