Intel Executive Bio

Andrew S. Grove

Senior Advisor
INTEL CORPORATION

Andrew S. Grove was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1936. He graduated from the City College of New York in 1960 with a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree and received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963. Upon graduation, he joined the Research and Development Laboratory of Fairchild Semiconductor and became Assistant Director of Research and Development in 1967.

In July 1968, Dr. Grove participated in the founding of Intel Corporation. In 1979 he was named its President, and in 1987 he was named Chief Executive Officer. In May 1997 he was named Chairman and CEO, and in May 1998 he relinquished his CEO title. He stepped down as Chairman in May 2005, and remains Senior Advisor.

Dr. Grove has written over 40 technical papers and holds several patents on semiconductor devices and technology. He taught a graduate course in semiconductor device physics at the University of California, Berkeley for six years. He currently is a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, teaching a course entitled "Strategy and Action in the Information Processing Industry".

Dr. Grove has received an honorary Doctor of Science degree from the City College of New York (1985), an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1989) and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Harvard University (2000).

His first book, Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices has been used at many leading universities in the United States. His books on managing include High Output Management (1983), One-on-One With Andy Grove (1987), Only the Paranoid Survive (1996), and Strategic Dynamics: Concepts and Cases, co-authored by Robert A. Burgelman, (2005). His autobiography, Swimming Across, was published in 2001. An author of articles in Fortune, The Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, he has written a weekly column on management which was carried by several newspapers, and a column on management for Working Woman magazine.

Dr. Grove has been elected a Fellow of the IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is the recipient of the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition award (1987), and the AEA Medal of Achievement award (1993). In 1997 he received the "Technology Leader of the Year" award from Industry Week, the "CEO of the Year" award from CEO magazine, and was named "Man of the Year" award by Time magazine. In 1998 Dr. Grove was named "Distinguished Executive of the Year" by the Academy of Management, and received the IEEE 2000 Medal of Honor award in 2000. In 2001 he was named as the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Strategic Management Society. In 2004, Dr. Grove was honored as the Most Influential Business Person in the Last Twenty-Five Years by the Wharton School of Business and the Nightly Business Report. That same year, he received the Ernest C. Arbuckle Award from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Grove is a Board member for the Prostate Cancer Foundation. At the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), he is Patient Advocate, and National Chair of the Campaign for UCSF. He is also actively involved in the Grove Foundation, a private philanthropic organization.



List of Awards for Dr. Grove
1960 American Institute of Chemists Award
1966 IEEE Achievement Award
1974 IEEE J.J. Ebers Award
1975 Certificate of Merit, Franklin Institute
1979 National Academy of Engineering
1980 Townsend Harris Medal, City College of New York
1984 Hall of Fame Award, Information Industries Association
1984 Council of 100 Members, Arizona State University
1985 Honorary Doctor of Science Degree, City College of New York
1987 IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award
1987 Enterprise Award, Business and Professional Advertising Association
1989 Honorary Doctor of Engineering Degree, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
1990 George Washington Award, American-Hungarian Foundation
1993 Citizen of the Year Award, World Forum of Silicon Valley
1993 Executive of the Year Award, University of Arizona
1993 AEA Medal of Achievement Award
1995 Heinz Foundation Technology Award
1995 John von Neumann Medal, American Hungarian Association
1995 Steinman Medal, City College of New York
1996 Statesman of the Year Award, Harvard Business School
1996 International Achievement Award, World Trade Club
1997 IEEE 1997 Computer Entrepreneur Award
1997 Cinema Digital Technologies Award, International Film Festival
1997 CEO of the Year Award, CEO Magazine
1997 Technology Leader of the Year Award, Industry Week
1997 Man of the Year, Time Magazine
1998 Distinguished Executive of the Year, Academy of Management
2000 Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Harvard University
2000 2000 IEEE Medal of Honor
2001 Lifetime Achievement Award, Strategic Management Society
2004 Most Influential Business Person of the Last Twenty-Five Years, Wharton School of Business and Nightly Business Report
2004 Ernest C. Arbuckle Award, Stanford University Graduate School of Business


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