- Great American Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century
Gordon E. Moore
Intel
1974 - 1987
Computers & Electronics
b. 1929
| Education |  |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | University of California at Berkeley |
| Graduate | PhD, California Institute of Technology |
| Personal | |
|---|---|
| Born-Died | 1929 |
| Birthplace | California (CA) |
| Race | White |
| Father | Politician |
Moore, with a Ph.D. in chemistry and physics, led Intel through the development of microprocessors. Under his leadership, Intel introduced its most successful inventions, the 32 and 64-bit chips, which could handle processing tasks in a multitude of appliances. This success resulted in enlarging the company’s profits, which tripled in the first quarter of 1988, making Intel one of the fastest growing companies in history.