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Intel Announces Brian Krzanich As Its Sixth-Ever CEO

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slow-turnover dept.

wiredmikey writes "Intel on Thursday announced that Brian Krzanich will take the reins as chief executive officer (CEO) of the chip giant, succeeding Paul Otellini who previously announced that he would step down. Krzanich has served as Intel's chief operating officer since January 2012, and has held a series of technical and leadership roles since joining Intel in 1982, and will become the sixth CEO in Intel's history."

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  1. Re:What were Brian Krzanich's previous roles at In by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's extreme hyperbole.

    Brian Krzanich was trained in chemical engineering, and worked at Intel as a process engineer, and later managing entire factories. He also holds a patent in semiconductor processing. He's not a wall street MBA figurehead.

    Intel spends 10 billion dollars a year exclusively on research and development. Naturally being the world's #1 chip producer, who sells chips in every country in the world and has 50,000 employees means that there is a ton of management to be done as well, but Intel does more "real world" work than 99% of other companies in the world.