Founder Profile
Weili Dai
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Weili Dai?
Weili Dai is a founder of Marvell Technology, Inc., which was founded in 1995 with Sehat Sutardja and Pantas Sutardja.
- Company founded
- Marvell Technology, Inc.
- Founded
- 1995
- Co-founders
- Sehat Sutardja and Pantas Sutardja
Background
Co-founder who led Marvell's business operations and customer relationships, serving as president until 2016.
Founding Story
Weili Dai was born in Shanghai and studied computer science at UC Berkeley. She co-founded Marvell in 1995 with her husband Sehat Sutardja and his brother Pantas, and led sales, operations and partnerships, later serving as president. She left the company in 2016 along with Sehat after the audit committee review. She is one of the best-known women founders in the U.S. semiconductor industry and, with Sehat, a major donor to UC Berkeley.
Education: University of California, Berkeley.
Dai is described as the only female co-founder of a major semiconductor company. Forbes listed her among the richest women in the world in 2015.