Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will ac

Gelsinger spent most of his career at Intel, rising to chief technology officer before leaving to run VMWare in 2012 and then returning as CEO in 2021. He was generally well respected by Wall Street and industry insiders, but on his watch, the stock underperformed the market as Intel lost ground in the AI race to Nvidia.

Pat Gelsinger retires as Intel’s CEO David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus appointed interim co-CEOs Intel’s most recent quarterly revenue had dropped 6% as it undergoes restructuring efforts After a near four-year stint as CEO of Intel,