![]() ![]() He is a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2008 and serves as a director of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). In March 2022, Gelsinger personally announced the start of an entirely new fab build for roughly $20 billion near Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany to employ 7,000 people during construction work and 3,000 people in production work in 2027. ![]() He announced a planned three and a half-billion dollar upgrade to Intel's fab in New Mexico. Gelsinger stated that Intel plans to catch up with Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC and Korean chip manufacturer Samsung within the next five years. In May 2021, Gelsinger was interviewed by Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes. On March 23, 2021, Intel shares rose over 6% following Gelsinger’s remarks regarding company strategy. Media reported positive responses to Gelsinger's appointment and credited the decision for driving Intel share prices up nearly 8%. Gelsinger leads Intel's course correction, including construction of two $20 billion Arizona manufacturing plants (fabs) for its planned expansion. This followed reorganization pressure, due to languishing share prices, from its newest activist investor Third Point Management. Gelsinger rejoined Intel as their new CEO on February 15, 2021, after previously having a 30 year-long career at the company in various technical engineering and leadership roles. In 2012, he became the CEO of VMware, where Gelsinger became a "seasoned CEO" and gained "new leadership skills." CEO of Intel (2021-present) In September 2009, he left Intel to join EMC as president and chief operating officer. He launched the Intel Developer Forum conference as a counterpart to Microsoft's WinHEC. Mentored by Intel CEO Andrew Grove, Gelsinger became the company's CTO in 2001, leading key technology developments, including Wi-Fi, USB, Intel Core and Intel Xeon processors, and 14 chip projects. At age 32, he was named the youngest vice president in Intel's history. Gelsinger was the lead architect of the 4th generation 80486 processor introduced in 1989. In 1987, he co-authored his first book about programming the 80386 microprocessor. He spent much of his career with the company in Oregon, where he maintains a home. Gelsinger first joined Intel at 18 years old in 1979 just after earning an associate degree from Lincoln Tech. Career Intel (1979-2009) An Intel 486DX2 microprocessor using the 80486 architecture designed by Gelsinger in the 1980s ![]() While at Intel, he earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, graduating magna cum laude from Santa Clara University in 1983, and then earned a master's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from Stanford University in 1985. In 1979, at age 18, he moved to Silicon Valley to work at Intel as a quality-control technician. There he earned the remainder of high school credits for graduation and worked at WFMZ-TV Channel 69 as a technician, while obtaining an associate’s degree from Lincoln Tech in West Orange, New Jersey in 1979. He then skipped his final year at Conrad Weiser High School and left home at 16 for college. As a teenager, he received a high score on a Lincoln Tech electronics technology test, winning an early-admission scholarship. Gelsinger was raised on family farms by his parents, June and Paul Gelsinger, in rural Robesonia, in an Amish and Mennonite part of Pennsylvania. Before returning to Intel, he was CEO of VMware and president and chief operating officer (COO) at EMC. īased mainly in Silicon Valley since the late 1970s, Gelsinger graduated from Stanford University with a master's degree in engineering and was the chief architect of the i486 processor in the 1980s. Patrick Paul Gelsinger ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ l s ɪ ŋ ɡ ər/ born March 5, 1961) is an American business executive and engineer currently serving as CEO of Intel.
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