Andy Grove
Hungarian-born Intel CEO who turned it into the world’s largest chipmaker
- Lived
- 79 yrs
- 1936 – 2016
- Works listed
- 3
- Book, Memoir
- Honours
- 2
- Most recent 2000
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Andy Grove was a Hungarian-American engineer and businessman who survived the Holocaust, fled the 1956 revolution and became Intel’s third employee. As CEO from 1987 to 1998 he shifted Intel from memory chips to microprocessors, making it the world’s largest chipmaker. His management books influenced Silicon Valley.
Biography
Survival
Born to a Jewish family in Budapest, Grove survived the Nazi occupation in hiding. In 1956, aged 20, he escaped to Austria after the Hungarian revolution and reached New York.
Science
He studied chemical engineering at the City College of New York and earned a PhD at UC Berkeley in 1963. At Fairchild Semiconductor he wrote a respected textbook on semiconductor physics.
Intel
Grove joined Intel on the day of its founding in 1968. As president and then CEO from 1987, he made the painful decision to leave the memory business and focus on microprocessors, and Intel’s chips powered the PC boom. Time named him Man of the Year in 1997.
Management
His books High Output Management (1983) and Only the Paranoid Survive (1996) introduced ideas such as “strategic inflection points” and objectives and key results (OKRs). He died in 2016 after living for years with Parkinson’s disease.
Timeline
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1936
Born in Budapest, Hungary
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1956
Flees Hungary
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1963
PhD from UC Berkeley
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1968
Joins Intel
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1985
Intel exits memory chips
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1987
CEO of Intel
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1997
Time Man of the Year
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1998
Steps down as CEO
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2016
Dies
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2016
Died, aged 79
Notable works
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1983
High Output Management Book
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1996
Only the Paranoid Survive Book
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2001
Swimming Across Memoir
Awards and honours
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Time Man of the Year
1997
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IEEE Medal of Honor
2000
Did you know?
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1
His OKR method was adopted by Google through John Doerr.
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2
He was partly deaf from childhood scarlet fever.
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3
Steve Jobs sought his advice when he returned to Apple.
Frequently asked
Who is Andy Grove?
Andy Grove was a Hungarian-American engineer and businessman who survived the Holocaust, fled the 1956 revolution and became Intel’s third employee. As CEO from 1987 to 1998 he shifted Intel from memory chips to microprocessors, making it the world’s largest chipmaker. His management books influenced Silicon Valley.
When did Andy Grove die?
Andy Grove died on 21 March 2016 at the age of 79.
Where is Andy Grove from?
Andy Grove was born in Budapest, Hungary.
What is Andy Grove known for?
Andy Grove is best known for Intel’s third employee and CEO 1987–1998; Only the Paranoid Survive; High Output Management.
What awards has Andy Grove received?
Notable honours include Time Man of the Year (1997), IEEE Medal of Honor (2000).
References
- Andrew Grove — Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Andrew Grove — Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Andrew Grove — Goodreads author page. Goodreads. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
- Andrew Grove (Q432929) — structured data. Wikidata. Retrieved 4 November 2026.
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