Pat Gelsinger

Patrick Paul Gelsinger (born 1961) is an American business executive and engineer, currently serving as CEO of Intel.
Gelsinger is based in Silicon Valley since the late 1970s and graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in engineering. He previously served as CEO of VMware for eight years and as president and chief operating officer at EMC for three years before that, moving from Intel where he had worked for more than three decades. At Intel, he designed the architecture for the Intel 80486 processor in the 1980s, served as its first CTO as well as a senior vice president and general manager of its Digital Enterprise Group before leaving after working there for more than three decades. He came back at Intel in early 2021 to serve as its CEO.
Early life and education.
Gelsinger grew up on a farm in an Amish part of Pennsylvania. After high school, he attended and earned an associate’s degree from Lincoln Tech. He then began working at Intel in 1979, at age 18. While at Intel, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering at Santa Clara University in 1983, and a master's degree from Stanford University in 1985. Gelsinger is a practicing Christian.
Career.
Gelsinger began working at Intel as a quality-control technician in 1979. He was one of the design engineers of the 1985 Intel 80386 processor, and the architect of the 80486 processor, introduced in 1989. In 1992, he was named vice president of the Intel Products Group and general manager of the Personal Computer Enhancement Division in the Business Communications Division. In 1996, he became general manager of Intel's Desktop Products Group. In 2001, he was named Intel's first chief technology officer. As CTO he launched the Intel Developer Forum conference as a counterpart to Microsoft's WinHEC. In 2005, he became senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group.
In September 2009, Gelsinger left Intel to join EMC as president and chief operating officer. In 2012, he was named CEO of VMware. In late 2013, some industry analysts named Gelsinger as a possible successor to Steve Ballmer as CEO of Microsoft.
Intel announced the appointment of Gelsinger as their new CEO on January 13, 2021, effective February 15. A letter sent from shareholder and activist investor Dan Loeb of Third Point Management to the board calling on Intel to hire an investment adviser to recuperate the company's lagging market share came before Gelsinger's return.
In May 2021, Gelsinger was interviewed by Lesley Stahl of "60 Minutes". Gelsinger stated that Intel plan to catch up with the Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC. He also announced an upgrade of a fab in New Mexico.
Personal commitments.
In 2013, Gelsinger co-founded Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC), a coalition of business leaders, venture capitalists, non-profit leaders and pastors aiming to convert one million people over the next decade.