On 15th February 2021, Pat Gelsinger took charge of Intel’s new CEO, the eight in the history of the company. Pat is an accomplished CEO and industry veteran with more than four decades of technology and leadership experience, including 30 years at Intel. Interestingly, Pat began his career with Intel.

Pal now returns to Intel to lead it from the front. He comments, “As the incoming CEO, I am just really thrilled that we have the opportunity to take this great icon of a company, this company that has been crucial to every aspect of technology, and have it be that leader again into the future. Because I believe that Intel has a treasure trove of technologists, of technology, and ultimately its core DNA is being that technology leader for the future. I’m just thrilled as a technologist, as a geek at heart, to be able to be in that leadership role to help bring the passions, the history, the opportunity of this great company forward as never before. Our best days are in front of us.”

Born in rural Robesonia, Penssylvania, Pat moved to Silicon Valley to start his career at Intel as a quality control technician. While at Intel, he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Santa Clara University. Pat earned his first of eight patents in 1985.

Pat’s contribution to Intel has been immense. He was the design engineer no. 4 on the design team when Intel introduced the 386 microprocessor in 1988.