Cristiano Amon
President and CEO of Qualcomm since June 2021; joined the company as an engineer in 1995
Cristiano Amon is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm Incorporated, a role Amon took on June 30, 2021, after serving as the company's President from January 2018. Amon joined Qualcomm in 1995 as an engineer and held a series of technical and business leadership roles, including overall responsibility for Snapdragon platforms.123
Career
Before Qualcomm, Amon was chief technical officer of Vésper, a wireless operator, and held leadership positions at NEC, Ericsson and Velocom. Amon joined Qualcomm as an engineer in 1995 and went on to hold several technical and business leadership roles, including overall responsibility for Snapdragon platforms.1
Amon became President of Qualcomm in January 2018, with responsibility for its semiconductor business (QCT), covering mobile, RF front end, automotive and IoT, along with global operations. On January 5, 2021, Qualcomm announced that its board had selected Amon to succeed Steve Mollenkopf as CEO, effective June 30, 2021.2
Qualcomm and AI
In June 2026, Qualcomm announced an agreement to acquire Modular, whose software platform lets developers write AI code once and deploy it across data center and edge hardware; the release quotes Amon as President and CEO of Qualcomm Incorporated.3
Work
Snapdragon platforms (external site: qualcomm.com)
Held overall responsibility for Qualcomm's Snapdragon platforms in an earlier leadership role, according to Qualcomm's official biography.1
Qualcomm acquisition of Modular (external site: investor.qualcomm.com)
Quoted as President and CEO in Qualcomm's June 2026 announcement of its agreement to acquire Modular, an AI software infrastructure company building a unified compute platform.3
Career timeline
1995
Jan 2018
Became President of Qualcomm Incorporated, responsible for the QCT semiconductor business.2
Jan 5, 2021
Named Qualcomm's Chief Executive Officer-elect by its board of directors.2
Jun 30, 2021
Became Chief Executive Officer of Qualcomm, succeeding Steve Mollenkopf.21
Jun 24, 2026
Qualcomm announced its agreement to acquire the AI software company Modular.3
Other documented roles
Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.
- Chief technical officer, Vésper1
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