caption image_size nationality birth_date spouse residence image article_title name occupation alma_mater
kenneth l. schroeder 200px american 1945 fran codispoti los altos hills , ca , usa mock-k . schroeder-6240new . jpg kenneth l. schroeder
 kenneth l. schroeder engineer , corporate executive university of wisconsin university of pennsylvania
kenneth l. schroeder

kenneth l. schroeder -lrb- also kenneth schroeder and ken schroeder -rrb- -lrb- b. 1945 -rrb- is an american technology-focused corporate executive .
schroeder served as ceo of kla-tencor , a supplier of process control and yield management products for the semiconductor and related microelectronics industries .
during the period from 1991 -- 2005 , when schroeder was first president and coo and then ceo , the company 's market capitalization increased fifty times from $ 180 million to $ 10 billion .
during his tenure as ceo -lrb- 1999 -- 2005 -rrb- , the company 's revenue doubled from $ 1 billion to $ 2.1 billion and retained earnings tripled from $ 700 million to $ 2.1 billion .
in 2002 , `` chief executive magazine '' ranked schroeder one of its top 100 ceos .
in 2003 , schroeder was included in the ceo 100 list in who 's who in semiconductors .
and in 2006 , `` institutional investor '' named schroeder the number one ceo in the semiconductor equipment industry .
in 2007 , the united states securities and exchange commission -lrb- sec -rrb- alleged that schroeder engaged in a scheme to illegally backdate options .
in 2010 , schroeder settled part of the sec 's action against him by agreeing to a $ 275,000 civil penalty , as well as a permanent injunction on future violations of the federal securities laws .
however , the federal court of the united states in san jose later declined to enter a director and officer bar sought by the sec , finding that the sec had failed to demonstrate that schroeder `` possessed the degree of scienter sufficient to impose a five year director bar . ''
