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Maxine Fassberg

Maxine Fassberg
Born c. 1953 (age 63–64)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Education B.Sc., physics and applied chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1977
Diploma of education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1978
M.Sc., organic chemistry, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, , 1979
Occupation CEO
Years active 2007–2016
Employer Intel Israel
Successor Yaniv Garty

Maxine Fassberg (Hebrew: מקסין פסברג‎‎) (born c. 1953) is a South African-Israeli retired educator, engineer, and CEO. She immigrated from South Africa to Israel in 1975 and earned bachelor's and master's degrees in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. After teaching high school chemistry for a few years, she switched careers and began working for Intel as a lithography engineer in 1983. She spent the next 33 years in key positions in that company, including factory manager, plant manager, and general manager (CEO) of Intel Israel. She retired in December 2016. She was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame in 2009 and was named one of the "10 most powerful women in tech" by CNN in 2010.

Born in Johannesburg, Fassberg initially immigrated to Israel with her family in the 1960s and lived in the country for about seven years before they returned to South Africa. Although she studied in an ulpan in Petah Tikva, she found it difficult to acclimate to Israeli society. She completed high school in South Africa and, in 1975, immigrated to Israel once again. She pursued higher education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning her B.Sc. in physics and applied chemistry in 1977, her diploma of education in 1978, and her M.Sc. in organic chemistry in 1979.

After earning her bachelor's degree, Fassberg began teaching high school chemistry at ORT Israel and Alliance Française high schools in Jerusalem. She also trained chemistry teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. When her application for a school principal position was rejected, she decided to switch career tracks.


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