‘We’re in a Hurry.’ A new CEO scrambles to cope with a global chip crisis.

‘We’re in a Hurry.’ A new CEO scrambles to cope with a global chip crisis.



Months before Cristiano Amon started as CEO of Qualcomm Inc., QCOM -1.01% he already was at work on his first crisis. To solve it, he sat in a mostly empty meeting room in Taipei and pleaded with executives from one of the world’s biggest semiconductor makers for more chips.