You may not have heard of Qualcomm, but you have definitely used the company’s products.
Many major smart device manufacturers use Qualcomm’s technology, ranging from physical chips in our phones to the 4G, 5G, and soon, 6G networks that connect them. But in the lightning-fast tech industry, what’s cutting-edge today can become obsolete tomorrow. Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is prepared to bet the farm to stay ahead.
Amon credits the 40-year-old company’s success in part to its culture of reinvention. In Amon’s five years as CEO, the company has evolved from one that’s highly smartphone-dependent to one that’s working in automotive robotics and wearable AI jewelry, pins, pendants, and other things you wear that can connect you to an agent.
In a new episode of Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry, Fortune’s Editor-in-Chief Alyson Shontell sat down with Amon to learn how he leads and what the next primary device after the smartphone could be. Listen to the vodcast above.
Here’s some of what they discussed during their 50-minute conversation at the company’s San Diego headquarters:
