Andrew Grove, 2009 IW Manufacturing Hall of Fame Inductee
"A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done," Andy Grove has said, but his accomplishments are not limited to technology.
After escaping the Hungarian Revolution, he came to the United States, earned a doctorate in chemical engineering and worked at Fairchild Semiconductor before helping to found Intel in 1968.
At Intel, Grove helped drive the company's dramatic growth, encouraging creativity along with a steely attention to detail and rigorous processes. Highly competitive, Grove wrote in his 1992 book, "Only the Paranoid Survive," "I believe that the prime responsibility of a manager is to guard constantly against other people's attacks and to inculcate this guardian attitude in the people under his or her management."
A senior advisor at Intel, Grove served as Intel's CEO from 1987 to 1998 and as its chairman until 2005. He has written more than 40 technical papers and holds several patents on semiconductor devices and technology.
Grove teaches at Stanford University School of Business and heads the Grove Foundation, a private philanthropic organization that supports research on Parkinson's disease.
