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 has suddenly departed - which is not really a big surprise, given the year Intel's had - and Zinsner plus Holthaus are temporary co-CEOs.

Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) stock is down an additional 5.8% the day after the company announced that Pat Gelsinger was stepping down as chief executive officer (CEO) effective immediately. A pair of interim CEOs will run Intel as the board undertakes an executive search.

Intel shares fell more than 5% on Tuesday, a day after the chipmaker announced the ouster of CEO Pat Gelsinger.

After a 52% stock plunge in 2024, a 6% revenue drop paired with a whopping $16.6 billion loss in the latest quarter, Intel’s board ousted CEO Pat Gelsinger

Intel announced Monday that CEO Pat Gelsinger had retired from the company effective Dec. 1. Intel CFO David Zinsner and Intel products CEO MJ Holthaus were named interim co-CEOs. Frank Yeary will serve as interim executive chair.

Learn more about why the CEO of Intel was asked to retire or get fired, after the company struggled to keep up with the AI chip competitors.

Over the weekend, Intel announced the retirement of its CEO Pat Gelsinger who has been in the role since February 2021.

Intel Corp. announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired from the company and stepped down from the board of directors, effective Dec. 1, 2024.

On Monday, Intel announced that its CEO Pat Gelsinger was stepping down from his post after more than three years.

Computer chip maker Intel announced the retirement of chief executive Pat Gelsinger on Monday, raising new questions about the company’s future even as the United States is set to give it billions of dollars to build up the country’s ability to manufacture chips at home.