Paul Otellini, Intel’s former CEO, dies at 66
Paul Otellini, who served as Intel’s chief executive from 2005 until his mid-2013 retirement, has died at the age of 66. He passed away in his sleep on Monday, the company said today. In all, Otellini spent over 40 years as an Intel employee.
Otellini was Intel’s fifth CEO — succeeded by current chief Brian Krzanich — and is credited for “transforming operations and cost structure for long-term growth; assuming a leadership position in the server market segment; and maintaining profitability during the global recession.” Otellini was a San Francisco native and was Intel’s first CEO that didn’t have formal engineering training on his résumé. “Intel generated more revenue during his eight-year tenure as CEO than it did during the...