Stephen Rothrock
Founder, President & CEO ATREG, Inc.
Stephen founded ATREG [ www.atreg.com] in 2000 to help global advanced technology companies divest and acquire infrastructure-rich manufacturing assets, including wafer fabs (front- and back-end) as well as MEMS, solar, display, and R&D facilities. Over the last 20 years, his firm has completed 40% of all global operational wafer fab sales in the semiconductor industry, a total of 100 transactions representing a value of over $5 billion. Recent global acquisitions and dispositions have involved Allegro MicroSystems, Fujitsu, GF, IBM, Infineon, Matsushita (Panasonic), Maxim, Micron, NXP, onsemi, Sony, Qualcomm, Renesas, Texas Instruments, and VIS to name just a few.
Prior to founding ATREG, Stephen established Colliers International’s Global Corporate Services initiative and headed the company’s U.S. division based in Seattle, Wash. Before that, he worked as director for Savills International commercial real estate brokerage in London, UK, also serving on the UK-listed property company’s international board. He also spent four years near Paris, France working for an international NGO. Stephen holds an MA degree in Political Theology from the University of Hull, UK, and a BA degree in Business Commerce from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA.