An engineer will run Intel again as Pat Gelsinger returns as CEO
Gelsinger rose to CTO during 30 years at Intel but spent the last eight years as VMware s CEO. He replaces Bob Swan as Intel s chief in February. Listen - 04:43
The engineers are back in charge at Intel.
After just two years in the role, Intel s chief executive and former chief financial officer Bob Swan will step down effective Feb. 15, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Pat Gelsinger, a chip engineer who spent 30 years at Intel but the last eight years at software company VMware, has been appointed the new CEO of Intel.