What is onsemi?
Intelligent power and sensing semiconductors for automotive, industrial, energy, and cloud-infrastructure systems.
- Category
- Power and sensing semiconductors
- Headquarters
- Scottsdale, AZ
- Founded
- 1999
- Employees
- About 26,000
- Total funding
- Public company; not current VC-funded
- Status
- Public: NASDAQ ON
What is onsemi?
onsemi is a public power and sensing semiconductors company. It reported About $5.9B 2025 revenue and serves Power Solutions Group, Advanced Solutions Group, and Intelligent Sensing Group.
onsemi supplies power-management, silicon carbide, image-sensing, analog, and connectivity products with a focus on automotive electrification, ADAS, industrial automation, and energy infrastructure. Its portfolio spans Silicon carbide power, Image sensors, Power discretes and modules, Analog and mixed-signal, Automotive solutions, and related software, services, or reference-design support depending on the product line. As of June 2026, the company is Public: NASDAQ ON and reports approximately About 26,000 employees.
The company's scale matters because buyers and sellers interact with a global engineering, operations, procurement, channel, and supplier-quality organization rather than a single startup-style buyer. Demand is tied to semiconductor cycles, customer platform wins, manufacturing capacity, and long design-in windows; successful vendors usually need technical validation, compliance coverage, and regional account mapping.
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What does onsemi offer?
onsemi offers products across Silicon carbide power, Image sensors, Power discretes and modules, Analog and mixed-signal, and adjacent engineering or support programs.
- Silicon carbide power· Product area
- Image sensors· Product area
- Power discretes and modules· Product area
- Analog and mixed-signal· Product area
- Automotive solutions· Product area
- Industrial power· Product area
- Intelligent sensing· Product area
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How does onsemi make money?
onsemi makes money by selling components, systems, software, services, or support through direct enterprise relationships, distributors, channel partners, and long-term customer programs.
onsemi's commercial model is built around product revenue, volume agreements, distributor sales, design wins, and support or service attach where applicable. Public list prices are not the main pricing mechanism for most large accounts: semiconductor and industrial components are commonly priced through quotes, approved distributors, contract manufacturers, and negotiated customer programs, while software or service elements are often quoted by configuration, entitlement, or term.
Growth is driven by new platform wins, customer production ramps, content per system, mix shift toward higher-value products, and recurring aftermarket, software, service, or consumables revenue where the portfolio supports it. Sellers should expect vendor onboarding, supplier-quality review, export-control checks, cybersecurity or IT review for software, and multi-region purchasing workflows rather than a simple credit-card motion.
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Who leads onsemi?
onsemi is led by Hassane El-Khoury, with finance, technology, product, operations, and commercial leaders distributed across a global public-company organization.
- Hassane El-KhouryPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCEO since 2020Leads onsemi's automotive, industrial, silicon carbide, and sensing strategy.
- Thad TrentChief Financial OfficerCFO since 2021Owns finance, capital allocation, and investor communication.
- Simon KeetonGroup President, Power Solutions Grouponsemi executive leadershipLeads discrete, module, and silicon carbide power businesses.
- Sanjay JhaChief Technology OfficerTechnology leadershipGuides technology roadmap and platform-level innovation.
How do you contact onsemi's leadership?
onsemi publishes official corporate, investor, support, careers, or media contact paths rather than verified personal executive email addresses. Use those official routes, account teams, supplier portals, or investor relations depending on the outreach purpose.
Official contact routes; personal executive email format not verifiedHow much funding has onsemi raised?
onsemi is a public company, so the useful answer is Public: NASDAQ ON, not a current private funding total.
onsemi is a mature public company, so its financing profile is not a current venture-round history. The relevant capital path is founding in 1999, public listing under ON, and subsequent financing through operating cash flow, debt markets, share repurchases or dividends, and strategic acquisitions rather than startup rounds.
For sellers, onsemi's buying power is better read from About $5.9B 2025 revenue, public-company status, product-cycle exposure, and capex or R&D priorities. Treat the funding record as public-market capitalization and balance-sheet capacity, not runway; procurement, security review, supplier qualification, and executive sponsorship matter more than pitch timing around a private financing event.
How did onsemi get here?
onsemi's history runs from its founding or spin-out through public-market scale, acquisitions, product expansion, and current 2025-2026 priorities.
- 1999Motorola spin-offON Semiconductor is created from Motorola's semiconductor components business.
- 2000IPOThe company lists publicly on NASDAQ.
- 2016Fairchild acquisitiononsemi completes the Fairchild acquisition and expands power semiconductor scale.
- 2021GT Advanced Technologies acquisitiononsemi adds silicon carbide crystal-growth capabilities.
- 2025Portfolio resetonsemi emphasizes cost structure, SiC ramp, automotive, and industrial recovery.
- 2026Power and sensing focusThe company continues positioning around intelligent power and sensing.
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Who are onsemi's competitors?
onsemi competes with other public semiconductor, components, test, networking, security, or materials vendors depending on the product line.
- Infineon TechnologiesCompetes in power semiconductors, automotive, and silicon carbide.
- STMicroelectronicsCompetes in automotive power, discretes, sensors, and analog.
- Texas InstrumentsCompetes in analog and power-management products.
- NXP SemiconductorsCompetes in automotive and industrial semiconductor sockets.
- WolfspeedCompetes in silicon carbide materials and power devices.
- ROHMCompetes in power discretes, modules, and automotive semiconductors.
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