Andrew Stephen "Andy" Grove (Hungarian: Gróf András István) (born 2 September 1936) is a Hungarian American businessman and engineer. He was one of the earliest employees of Intel Corporation and ultimately played key leadership roles in its success.
Grove was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. Growing up, he was known to friends as "Andris". At the age of four, Andris was diagnosed with scarlet fever. The disease was near...
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Andrew Stephen "Andy" Grove (Hungarian: Gróf András István) (born 2 September 1936) is a Hungarian American businessman and engineer. He was one of the earliest employees of Intel Corporation and ultimately played key leadership roles in its success.
Grove was born to a middle-class Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary. Growing up, he was known to friends as "Andris". At the age of four, Andris was diagnosed with scarlet fever. The disease was nearly fatal, and while he survived, he suffered significant hearing loss as a result. During the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 he left his home and family under the cover of night and emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City in 1957. Grove and his wife Eva were married in 1958 and raised two daughters.
Grove earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the City College of New York in 1960, and earned the Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1963.
Grove worked at Fairchild...
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