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Andy Grove

9 facts from 2 episodes, in date order. These are what speakers said on the shows, each linked to the moment it was said. They aren't independently verified.

1936

Andy Grove was born Andrus Istvan Grof in Budapest, Hungary, in 1936 to a Jewish family.

“Andrus Istvan Grof was born in 1936 in Budapest, Hungary, to Jewish parents in a Jewish family.”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:30:29

1956

Andy Grove escaped Hungary during the 1956 revolution by train and then on foot across the Austrian border.

“He gets a train out of Budapest and then he walks across the border to Austria.”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:35:03

1956

Grove arrived in New York City as a 20-year-old refugee with $20.

“As a refugee, he comes to New York City, 20 years old, with $20 in his pocket and nothing else.”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:35:03

1963

Andy Grove earned a PhD in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley, graduating in 1963, and then joined Fairchild Semiconductor.

“He gets his PhD in chemical engineering at UC Berkeley. Graduates in 1963”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:35:55

1985

Andy Grove proposed that he and Gordon Moore symbolically fire and rehire themselves so they could carry out the exit from memory.

“what if you and I fire ourselves, walk out of the door to this office, rehire ourselves, turn around, come back in and do just that.”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:46:27

1987-1998

Intel's revenue grew from $1.9 billion in 1987, when Grove became CEO, to over $26 billion when he stepped down in 1998.

“The company revenues rise from 1.9 billion in 87 when he becomes CEO after they'd already selling, started selling the 386 to over 26 billion when he retires in 1998.”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:59:22

1997

Time magazine named Andy Grove its Man of the Year in 1997.

“in 1997, right before he retires, famously Time Magazine names Andy their man of the year”

Acquired · Adapting Episode 3: Intel, 0:59:58

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