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Andrew Grove

1936 - 2016

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Andrew "Andy" Stephen Grove (born Gróf András István; 2 September 1936 – 21 March 2016) was a Hungarian-American businessman and engineer who served as the third CEO of Intel Corporation. He escaped from the Hungarian People's Republic during the 1956 revolution at the age of 20 and moved to the United States, where he finished his education. He was the third employee and eventual third CEO of Intel, transforming the company into the world's largest semiconductor company. As a result of his work at Intel, along with his books and professional articles, Grove had a considerable influence on the electronics manufacturing industries worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Grove is the 240th most popular businessperson (down from 221st in 2019), the 234th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Andrew Grove ranks 240 out of 847. Before him are Horacio Pagani, Rinat Akhmetov, Yves Rocher, Ramón Calderón, Lawrence Roberts, and Josep Lluís Núñez. After him are Vidal Sassoon, Malcolm Glazer, Karl Baedeker, Johns Hopkins, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, and Lee Shau-kee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Andrew Grove ranks 154. Before him are Adolfo Nicolás, Klaus Kinkel, Théo Sarapo, Alejandra Pizarnik, David Yonggi Cho, and Ziaur Rahman. After him are Ennio Antonelli, Zeynab Khanlarova, Volodymyr Holubnychy, André Kolingba, Jacques Charrier, and Tuncel Kurtiz. Among people deceased in 2016, Andrew Grove ranks 145. Before him are Laura Mancinelli, Goran Hadžić, Tony Burton, Greg Lake, Ashraf Pahlavi, and Wendell R. Anderson. After him are Péter Esterházy, Artur Fischer, Gato Barbieri, Franco Citti, Oleg Popov, and Fredrik Barth.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Andrew Grove ranks 234 out of 1,077. Before him are Hans Swarowsky (1899), László Bárdossy (1890), Chaka of Bulgaria (1210), László Krasznahorkai (1954), Eva Klein (1925), and Mihály Lantos (1928). After him are William Fox (1879), Jenő Buzánszky (1925), Eugene Ormandy (1899), Ödön Lechner (1845), Péter Esterházy (1950), and Fajsz (900).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Hungary

Among businesspeople born in Hungary, Andrew Grove ranks 2. Before him are George Soros (1930). After him are Charles Simonyi (1948).

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