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Marc de Jong

Senior Partner, and Global Coleader, SemiconductorsAmsterdam

Coleader of the Semiconductors Practice; focuses on strategy, innovation, and transformation in technology-intensive industries, including all segments of the semiconductor value chain

Marc leads our global Semiconductors Practice, serving clients on strategy, innovation, and transformation and advising clients on technology-related industries, such as semiconductors, electronics, energy, chemicals, and professional services. He is also a leader in our global Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice and previously coled the practice’s digital and analytics activities, as well as strategy-transformation services in Europe. Prior to this work, Marc led McKinsey’s Strategy Analytics Center, shaping digital and analytics tools and services with a global team of about 100 professionals. He has also led the firm’s work in innovation and growth.

Marc has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining McKinsey in 1998, Marc worked in the research division of Philips, where he wrote 40 articles that appeared in leading scientific journals.

Marc is currently based in the Netherlands, where he hosts the Chief Strategy Officer Roundtable and cofacilitates the Board Academy. Marc dedicates pro bono time and effort to boosting the scientific and innovation ecosystem in the Netherlands. He is member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW), the Advisory Board of the Big Chemistry Consortium, and De Nationale DenkTank. Previously he was based in Silicon Valley, where he served technology leaders.

Published work

Time to place our bets: Europe’s AI opportunity,” McKinsey & Company, October 2024

Netherlands advanced: Building a future labor market that works,” McKinsey & Company, June 2024

Working hard for the money: The crunch on global economic profit,” McKinsey Quarterly, April 2023

Strategies to lead in the semiconductor world,” McKinsey & Company, April 2022

Value creation: How can the semiconductor industry keep outperforming?,” McKinsey & Company, October 2021

Why your next transformation should be ‘all in,’McKinsey Quarterly, October 2019

What’s next for semiconductor profits and value creation?,” McKinsey & Company, October 2019

Disrupting beliefs: A new approach to business-model innovation,” McKinsey Quarterly, July 2015

The eight essentials of innovation,” McKinsey Quarterly, April 2015

Finding the sweet spot for allocating innovation resources,” McKinsey Quarterly, May 2014

How the best labs manage talent,” McKinsey & Company, May 2011

Education

Leiden University
PhD, physics (cum laude)

Delft University of Technology
MSc, applied physics (cum laude)