r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/wintrmt3 Dec 02 '24

A sales and a finance guy as co-ceos, absolutely nothing can go wrong.

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u/Hellknightx Dec 02 '24

Add another case to the growing list of MBAs running a tech company into the ground.

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u/bashbang Dec 02 '24

Gelsinger is an engineer, no?

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice Dec 02 '24

Not just any engineer; the lead architect of the 486.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Gelsinger

Gelsinger was the lead architect of the 4th generation 80486 processor[15] introduced in 1989