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Pat Gelsinger
American businessman (born 1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Patrick Paul Gelsinger (/ˈɡɛlsɪŋɡər/; born March 5, 1961)[1] is an American business executive and engineer, and CEO of Intel.[2]
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Born | Patrick Paul Gelsinger (1961-03-05) March 5, 1961 (age 63) Robesonia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Occupation | CEO of Intel Corporation |
Years active | 1979–present |
Employer(s) | Intel, formerly EMC Corporation and VMware |
Known for | Chief architect of the i486 |
Predecessor | Bob Swan |
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Spouse | Linda Fortune |
Children | 4 |
Family | 8 grandchildren |
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Based mainly in Silicon Valley since the late 1970s, Gelsinger graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in engineering in 1985 and was the chief architect of Intel's i486 microprocessor in the 1980s. He was Intel's CTO from 2001 to 2009. He left Intel in 2009 and was the CEO of VMware and president and chief operating officer (COO) at EMC, before returning to Intel as CEO in 2021.[3][4]