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Andrew Grove · Economics & Business

What

Co-founder and CEO of Intel; pioneered the microprocessor industry

When

1936, Budapest, Hungary — 2016, Los Altos, California, USA

Where

Budapest, New York, Silicon Valley

Biography

Andrew Grove is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Co-founder and CEO of Intel; pioneered the microprocessor industry

How & why

Andrew Grove, co-founder and CEO of Intel, was born András István Gróf into a Jewish family in Budapest. He survived Nazi occupation as a child (hidden with false papers) and fled Hungary after the 1956 uprising, later leading Intel to the summit of the microprocessor industry.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove

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Co-founder and CEO of Intel; pioneered the microprocessor industry

1936

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Grove