Michael R. Hsing

Career

1. 1997 – now
   Monolithic Power Systemssrc
   Founder; President & CEO and director since August 1997; Chairman (date not stated)
   Took the company public in November 2004 (10-K 2025 executive officer bio; IPO-424B4-2004)

Undated in the sources

• Supertex, Inc.; Micrel, Incorporated (and other analog IC companies)src, Senior technical positions (Senior Silicon Technology Developer); inventor on bipolar mixed-signal process patents

Not located: 1988-1997 (between his 1988 UF degree and founding MPS): employers named (Supertex, Micrel) but no dates in any source searched

Achievements

• Founded MPS in August 1997 and has run it for 29 years, through the November 2004 IPOsrc
• 2025 revenue was a record $2.8bn, up 26.4% against 8.7% for the analog industry (SIA), the 14th straight year of revenue growthsrc
• Proxy states MPS's cumulative ten-year TSR was over 1,400%, and 72% of free cash flow was returned through dividends and buybacks over the last three yearssrc
• The 2023 PSU capacity goal (manufacturing outside China able to support $1.2bn of revenue) was hit at 136.2%; the proxy reports over $4bn of geographically balanced capacity securedsrc
• Holds 1,034,099 shares (2.1%) at the 2026 record date, directly and through two trustssrc

Education

• University of Florida, BS Electrical Engineering (1988)src

Background

• Family The 2026 proxy states there is no family relationship among any executive officers, directors and nominees. The 2004 prospectus showed his shares held jointly with his wife and in family trustssrc
• Founder Founded MPS with James Moyer (chief design engineer at the IPO). Moyer resigned from the board on 2024-10-21, and the 8-K says it was not over any disagreementsrc
• Legal In November 2004 his former employer Micrel sued MPS for patent infringement over two process patents on which Hsing himself was a named inventorsrc
• Giving University of Florida alumnus. MPS dedicated a named power electronics lab at UF in October 2025, equipped by the MPS Foundation, and UF holds a Michael Hsing faculty fellowship and awardsrc
• Giving Gave 12,337 MPS shares to a 501(c)(3) foundation on 2025-12-09, and the Form 4 says he keeps no pecuniary interest in themsrc
• Personal Born in Shanghai and grew up during the Cultural Revolution. He came to the US at 21 as an exchange student and worked his way through UFsrc