Leslie L. Vadász
Leslie L. Vadász (born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian[1][2]-American engineer and manager, one of the founding members of Intel Corporation.[3] He holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from McGill University (1961) and completed AMP studies at Harvard University (1990).[4]
He moved to the United States in 1961,[5] first working for Fairchild Semiconductor.[3] He joined Intel Corporation when it was founded in 1968,[3] he retired in 2003 as an executive vice president of the company. He was the fourth employee of Intel,[6] hired directly by Andrew Grove.[6] He was the head of the MOS design department where the first microprocessor,[7] the Intel 4004 was developed. He has been an innovator and strategic leader throughout Intel's history.[3] He was the founder and – until 2003 – president of the Intel Capital strategic investment program.[7]
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- ^ "Intel VP". The Budapest Sun. 2000-02-03. http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=18091. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ "Les Vadász". Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin. http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/december/les.html. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b c d "Internet Law Program". Harvard Law School. http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilaw/stanford03/faculty.html. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ Leslie Vadasz: Executive Profile & Biography - BusinessWeek
- ^ "Visszavonul Leslie Vadász, az Intel úttörője" (in Hungarian). SG Computer and Science Magazine. http://www.sg.hu/cikkek/27282/visszavonul_leslie_vadasz_az_intel_uttoroje. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b Gaither, Chris (2001-11-12). "Andy Grove's Tale of His Boyhood in Wartime". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DA1238F931A25752C1A9679C8B63&scp=6&sq=Vadasz&st=nyt. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- ^ a b "A Pioneer at Intel Will Retire June 1". The New York Times. 2003-04-19. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E5DF153AF93AA25757C0A9659C8B63&st=cse&sq=Intel+success&scp=38. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
- 1936 births
- Living people
- People from Budapest
- American people of Hungarian descent
- Hungarian engineers
- Hungarian electrical engineers
- Hungarian scientists
- Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- American engineers
- American computer businesspeople
- American computer programmers
- American computer scientists
- Harvard University alumni
- Harvard Business School alumni
- McGill University alumni
