Intel has announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, effective December 1, and stepped down from the company’s board of directors. Intel execs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus have been named interim co-CEOs. Zinsner is Intel’s CFO, while Holthaus is GM of Intel’s client computing group. According to Bloomberg, Intel’s board gave Gelsinger the option to retire or be removed. Gelsinger first joined Intel as an 18-year-old after earning an associate’s degree from Lincoln Tech. He was the lead architect of Intel’s 4th generation 80486 processor, introduced in 1989. And at age 32, he was named the youngest VP in the company’s history. Read all about Gelsingers rise and fall as Intel's CEO at the link in the bio 👆 Article by Kyle Wiggers Image Credits: Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor / Getty Images #TechCrunch #technews #artificialintelligence #Intel #bigtech