Strictly Business KSVY - Les Vadasz

Hosts: Kip Altman with Scot Hunter Guest: Les Vadasz, The 4th employee and one of the founding members at Intel Corp. We will talk about: 1) the serendipitous fact that you and I share the same birth date (though slightly different birth years) = a short discussion, 2) your early life and departure from Hungary in 1956, 3) your years at Fairchild Semiconductor, 4) the early years at Intel as employee #4 in 1968, 5) your camaraderie with Bob Noyce, Gordon Moore and Andy Grove, 6) your being present at the birth of the integrated circuit industry, 7) competitive factors which affected your industry and Intel’s decision-making process, 8) how much time you had to capitalize on an emerging growth market in microprocessors before it attracted competitors and matured, 9) your election to Intel’s Board in 1988 and how it affected your outlook on the company, 10) your role as head of Intel Capital, 11) your retirement from Intel after 35 years and development of your philanthropic efforts, 12) the legacy of Intel, 13) your opinion of the emerging industry of artificial intelligence and its looming effect on society, 14) other topics