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“If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry”

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Andy Grove

Andy Grove (1936-2016) was the co-founder and former CEO of Intel Corporation, widely regarded as one of the greatest entrepreneurs and business leaders in Silicon Valley. Born in Budapest, Hungary, he emigrated to the United States in 1956 and earned a PhD in chemistry from UC Berkeley. In 1968, he co-founded Intel with Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore. Under his leadership, Intel became the world's dominant microprocessor company, powering the personal computer revolution. His management philosophy, particularly "Only the Paranoid Survive," became a business classic. more

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