Andy Grove

2 September 1936 – 21 March 2016

Andy Grove was a Hungarian-born American engineer and business executive who joined Intel as its third employee in 1968 and served as its chief executive from 1987 to 1998. He directed the company's shift from memory chips to microprocessors, a transition he described in his book Only the Paranoid Survive. A survivor of the wartime occupation of Hungary, he left the country after the 1956 uprising and settled in the United States.

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Born András István Gróf in Budapest, Hungary
2 September 1936

Born into a Jewish family; he survived the wartime occupation in hiding.

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Fled Hungary after the 1956 uprising
1956

Crossed the border into Austria as a refugee.

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Arrived in the United States
1957

Settled in New York City and anglicised his name.

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Married Eva Kastan
1958
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Graduated from the City College of New York
1960

Took a degree in chemical engineering.

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Earned a doctorate at the University of California, Berkeley
1963

Completed a PhD in chemical engineering and then joined Fairchild Semiconductor.

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Joined Intel as its third employee
1968

Hired when Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore founded the company.

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Became chief executive officer of Intel
1987

Led the company through its shift from memory chips to microprocessors.

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Named Time magazine's Man of the Year
1997
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Died in Los Altos, California
21 March 2016
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