"Sanghi shares remarkable and riveting story of Microchip. Learn how he developed technology and markets, engineered growth, mastered acquisitions, and achieved operating excellence—a required reading for innovators and leaders who would change the world."

“Up and to the right” is a befitting title for a book that is full of financial, cultural and market share charts that are all going up and to the right. Steve shares his deep insights into the transformation, culture, growth, strategic planning, and acquisitions that propelled Microchip from near bankruptcy in 1990 into a global semiconductor giant. I have watched Steve and his team for many years as they implemented their bold vision in taking Microchip from $70M in revenue in 1990 to over $8 billion in revenue this year.

Steve in his book “Up and to the right” does an amazing job of telling a story of how he hit a home run in his personal and business journey over the past multiple decades, not once but multiple times. Steve and Microchip fall into a rarefied segment of companies and individuals that have delivered stellar performance without fail, and this book brings the what and the how he did to get that impact. Having known Steve personally for more than two decades, his true personality and humility shows up in the book again and again, which makes this a personable read for both business leaders as well as new graduates of tomorrow.

Steve Sanghi’s exceptional business acumen and fierce tenacity are on full display in his inspirational and instructional book “Up and To the Right”. Steve stands out in an industry that has more than its share of business visionaries, disruptive mavericks, and progressive technologists. He liberally shares why and how he embraced challenging business scenarios in his complete transformation of Microchip and inspires us to see beyond the difficult situation in front of us. He outlines how a combination of the Aggregate Growth methodology, rethinking everything from manufacturing efficiency to product strategy to a unique customer approach created a foundation for Microchip to become one of the most successful semiconductor companies in the world.

An amazing life story! Steve’s life story, and that of his decades at Microchip, is one of incredible achievement. There are many lessons to be learned from Steve’s approach to managing a business in an uber-competitive tech sector. It all starts with the leadership and unique approach Steve has applied and honed over decades at the helm. Few companies in the tech sector have managed over decades; what Microchip has achieved. Behind the astounding numbers at Microchip are a set of Management processes, Principles, Values and Culture which enabled the team to achieve what it has. At the heart of this is Steve (Perhaps the Dalai Lama saw it). A life and Company story well worth reading.

In a world that often thinks of business as boring, cold, or faceless, Steve Sanghi’s “Up And To The Right” reminds us that it is anything but. He tells the improbable tale of a young boy from India who took control of a small company detailing the journey of its fight to reach the top of the highly competitive microcontroller market. Guiding the company through the bursting of the tech bubble and the global financial crisis, Steve gives us an inside view of what it really means to be a CEO and what it takes to be the best.