Andrew Grove

2026· 3 entries

Aug 17, 2026Documented record70% confidence

“The quality guru W. Edwards Deming advocated stamping out fear in corporations. I have trouble with the simplemindedness of this dictum. The most important role of managers is to create an environment where people are passionately dedicated to winning in the marketplace. Fear plays a major role in creating and maintaining such passion. Fear of competition, fear of bankruptcy, fear of being wrong and fear of losing can all be powerful motivators.”

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Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

Andrew Grove

“the U.S. has become wildly inefficient at creating American tech jobs.”

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Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

Andrew Grove

“you are making decisions about what the information technology world will want five years into the future.”

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2016· 6 entries

Mar 21, 2016Documented record86% confidence

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Died 2016-03-21.

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Mar 21, 2016Documented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

At the age of 79; the cause of death was not publicly disclosed

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c. 2016Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote67% confidence

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“A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.”

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c. 2016Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote67% confidence

Andrew Grove

“Success breeds complacency. Complacency breeds failure. Only the paranoid survive.”

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c. 2016Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote66% confidence

Andrew Grove

“I think it is very important for you to do two things: act on your temporary conviction as if it was a real conviction; and when you realize that you are wrong, correct course very quickly”

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c. 2016Exact date was not recorded in the sourceDirect quote66% confidence

Andrew Grove

“And try not to get too depressed in the part of the journey, because there’s a professional responsibility. If you are depressed, you can’t motivate your staff to extraordinary measures. So you have to keep your own spirits up even though you well understand that you don’t know what you’re doing.”

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2010· 2 entries

2010Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

The IRC honored him as one of ten distinguished refugees

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Jan 1, 2010Documented record76% confidence

Andrew Grove

“but they cannot by themselves increase tech employment.”

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2009· 2 entries

Aug 25, 2009Documented record70% confidence

Andrew Grove

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that Grove would be one of 13 California Hall of Fame inductees in The California Museum's yearlong exhibit

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Jun 15, 2009Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Awarded California Hall of Fame (2009).

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2006· 1 entry

Jun 15, 2006Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Awarded Great Immigrants Award (2006).

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2005· 1 entry

2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Grove made the largest donation that the City College of New York (CUNY) has ever received

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2004· 1 entry

2004Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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The Wharton School of Business recognized him as the "Most Influential Business Person of the Last 25 Years

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2000· 3 entries

Jun 15, 2000Documented record84% confidence

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Won IEEE Medal of Honor (2000).

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2000Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Andrew Grove

Grove encouraged the United States to be "vigilant as a nation to have tolerance for difference, a tolerance for new people

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2000Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

Was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease; he became a contributor to several foundations that sponsor research towards a cure

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1997· 3 entries

Jun 15, 1997Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Awarded Time Person of the Year (1997).

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Jan 1, 1997Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Career landmark: chairperson of the executive board (1997–2004).

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1997Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Time magazine chose him as "Man of the Year", for being "the person most responsible for the amazing growth in the power and the innovative potential of microchips

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1995· 1 entry

1995Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And he was honored by the foundation for representing a story "as old as America: the story of a young immigrant rising to great success

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1994· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1994Documented record84% confidence

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Awarded Heinz Award (1994).

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1987· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1987Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Career landmark: président-directeur général (1987–1997).

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1985· 1 entry

1985Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Intel produced the 32-bit 80386 microprocessor which began a long line of increasingly powerful microprocessors including the 80486, the Pentium, and a plethora of supporting integrated circuits and computers built with

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1983· 1 entry

1983Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

Wrote a book, High Output Management, in which he described many of his methods and manufacturing concepts

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1979· 2 entries

Jan 1, 1979Documented record84% confidence

Andrew Grove

Career landmark: president (1979–1987).

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1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

CEO in 1987, and then chairman of the board in 1997

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1975· 2 entries

1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Andrew Grove

Doerr wrote of attending a course within Intel taught by Grove, where he was introduced to the theory of OKRs

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1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Andrew Grove

The 8080 processor, which would become the core of the Altair, the world's first so-called PC (personal computer) which foreshadowed the PC revolution

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