EXHIBIT 99.1

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                                   PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Koichi Nishimura, Ph.D. certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as
adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that the
Quarterly Report of Solectron Corporation on Form 10-Q for the three-month
period ended November 29, 2002 fully complies with the requirements of Section
13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information
contained in such Form 10-Q fairly presents in all material respects the
financial condition and results of operations of Solectron Corporation.

Date:   January 9, 2003

                                          /S/ Koichi Nishimura
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                                          Koichi Nishimura, Ph.D.
                                          President and Chief Executive Officer