Pat Gelsinger

American businessman (born 1961)

Gelsinger was raised on family farms by his parents, June and Paul Gelsinger, in rural Robesonia, in an Amish and Mennonite part of Pennsylvania. while obtaining an associate’s degree from Lincoln Tech in West Orange, New Jersey in 1979. In 1979, at age 18, he moved to Silicon Valley to work at Intel as a quality control technician. where he maintains a home. He launched the Intel Developer Forum conference as a counterpart to Microsoft's WinHEC. In September 2009, he left Intel to join EMC as president and chief operating officer.

Gelsinger rejoined Intel as their new CEO on February 15, 2021, after previously having a 30 year long career at the company in various technical engineering and leadership roles. This followed reorganization pressure, due to languishing share prices, from its newest activist investor Third Point Management. Gelsinger leads Intel's course correction, including construction of two $20 billion Arizona manufacturing plants (fabs) for its planned expansion. Media reported positive responses to Gelsinger's appointment and credited the decision for driving Intel share prices up nearly 8%. On March 23, 2021, Intel shares rose over 6% following Gelsinger’s remarks regarding company strategy. In May 2021, Gelsinger was interviewed by Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes. Gelsinger stated that Intel plans to catch up with Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC and Korean chip manufacturer Samsung within the next five years. He announced a planned three and a half billion dollar upgrade to Intel's fab in New Mexico. In March 2022, Gelsinger personally announced the start of an entirely new fab build for roughly $20 billion near Magdeburg, Saxony Anhalt, Germany to employ 7,000 people during construction work and 3,000 people in production work in 2027.

He was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2008 and is a director of the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). He is a member of the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC). Gelsinger holds eight design patents, developed for communications, computer architecture and VLSI design. Biden has spoken in favor of Intel's investment in fabrication plants in the U. S. and has visited the $20 billion facility planned in Ohio alongside Gelsinger.

In October 2021, Gelsinger was inducted into Indiana Wesleyan University's Society of World Changers. While speaking on campus he received an honorary doctor of science degree and a bronze bust of Gelsinger was placed in the university's library rotunda. In 2022, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Ohio State University.

Gelsinger and his wife Linda are Christians who "support multiple worthy causes", including sponsorship of disaster relief medical teams. In 2013, Gelsinger co founded Transforming the Bay with Christ (TBC), a coalition of business leaders, venture capitalists, non profit leaders and pastors that aims to convert one million people over the next decade. He helped establish the Sacramento area Christian institution William Jessup University from which he also received an honorary doctorate. Gelsinger and his wife have 4 children.