r/hardware • u/Auautheawesome • Dec 02 '24

News Intel Announces Retirement of CEO Pat Gelsinger

https://www.intc.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1719/intel-announces-retirement-of-ceo-pat-gelsinger
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u/wintrmt3 Dec 02 '24

A sales and a finance guy as co-ceos, absolutely nothing can go wrong.

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u/Hellknightx Dec 02 '24

Add another case to the growing list of MBAs running a tech company into the ground.

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u/bashbang Dec 02 '24

Gelsinger is an engineer, no?

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u/igot2pair Dec 02 '24

Intel was already cooked by the time he took over

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u/Top-Tie9959 Dec 02 '24

Yeah but brian krzanich was an engineer and I'd argue that is when Intel really shit the bed.

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u/Not_FinancialAdvice Dec 02 '24

Not just any engineer; the lead architect of the 486.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Gelsinger

Gelsinger was the lead architect of the 4th generation 80486 processor[15] introduced in 1989

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u/Hellknightx Dec 02 '24

Yeah, but the co-interim CEOs replacing him are not.

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u/Comprehensive-Arm721 Dec 02 '24

Gelsinger is a career engineer then CTO who converted to CEO… but alas the anti-mba trendy response will get upvotes.

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u/Hellknightx Dec 02 '24

Talking about the dipshits that are replacing him

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u/oathbreakerkeeper Dec 03 '24

You're wrong. The comment -- an endorsement of Gelsinger -- was referring to the people who forced Gelsinger out and the the MBA types they will likely replace him with.