Andrew Grove
| Andrew Grove | |
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Grove in 1997
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| Born |
András István Gróf September 2, 1936 Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | March 21, 2016 (aged 79) Los Altos, California, U.S. |
| Education |
City College of New York, B.S. chemical engineering, 1960 University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1963 |
| Occupation | Former COO, Chairman and CEO, senior advisor Intel Corporation |
| Known for | CEO of Intel Corporation. First COO and third employee, 1968 |
| Notable work | College textbook, Physics and Technology of Semiconductor Devices (1967) Management book, Only the Paranoid Survive, (1996) |
| Spouse(s) | Eva Kastan (1958–2016) |
| Children | Two, eight grandchildren |
| Awards |
J J Ebers Award (1974) |
J J Ebers Award (1974)
Time Man of the Year, 1997
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Grove (born András István Gróf, Hungarian: Gróf András István; 2 September 1936 – 21 March 2016) was a Hungarian-born American businessman, engineer, author and a science pioneer in the semiconductor industry. He escaped from Communist-controlled Hungary at the age of 20 and moved to the United States where he finished his education. He was one of the founders and the CEO of Intel Corporation, helping transform the company into the world's largest manufacturer of semiconductors.
As a result of his work at Intel, along with his books and professional articles, Grove had a considerable influence on the management of modern electronics manufacturing industries worldwide. He has been called the "guy who drove the growth phase" of Silicon Valley.Steve Jobs, when he was considering returning to be Apple's CEO, called Grove, who was someone he "idolized," for his personal advice. In 1997, Time magazine chose him "Man of the Year", for being "the person most responsible for the amazing growth in the power and the innovative potential of microchips." One source notes that by his accomplishments at Intel alone, he "merits a place alongside the great business leaders of the 20th century."
In 2000, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; he became a contributor to several foundations that sponsor research towards a cure. He died at his home on March 21, 2016; the cause of death was unspecified.
Grove was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, the son of Maria and George Gróf. At the age of four he contracted scarlet fever, which was nearly fatal and caused partial hearing loss.
When he was eight, the Germans occupied Hungary and deported nearly 500,000 Jews to concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Its commandant, Rudolf Höss, said at his trial that he killed 400,000 Hungarian Jews in three months. To avoid being arrested, Grove and his mother took on false identities and were sheltered by friends. His father, however, was arrested and taken to an Eastern Labor Camp to do forced labor, and was reunited with his family only after the war.
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