GROVE, ANDREW S.


Meaning of GROVE, ANDREW S. in English

born Sept. 2, 1936, Budapest, Hung.

Hungarian-born U.S. businessman.

He studied at CCNY before earning his Ph.D. from UC-Berkeley in 1963. After working for Fairchild Semiconductor (1963–67), he helped found Intel Corp. in 1968. At Intel he has served as president (1979–97), CEO (1987–97), and chairman of the board (from 1997) and is widely credited with the company's enormous success. He has lectured at Stanford University from 1991. He holds several patents on semiconductor devices and technology and is the author of several books. In 1997 he was named Time magazine's "Man of the Year."

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