Leslie L. Vadász

Leslie L. Vadász (born 1936 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian [cite web|title=Intel VP|publisher="The Budapest Sun"|url=http://www.budapestsun.com/cikk.php?id=18091|date=2000-02-03|accessdate=2008-03-14] [cite web|title=Les Vadász|publisher="Harvard Business School Alumni Bulletin"|url=http://www.alumni.hbs.edu/bulletin/1997/december/les.html|accessdate=2008-03-14] -American engineer and manager, one of the founding members of Intel Corporation.cite web|title=Internet Law Program|publisher="Harvard Law School"|url=http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilaw/stanford03/faculty.html|accessdate=2008-03-14]

He moved to the United States in 1961, [cite web|title=Visszavonul Leslie Vadász, az Intel úttörője|language=Hungarian|publisher="SG Computer and Science Magazine"|url=http://www.sg.hu/cikkek/27282/visszavonul_leslie_vadasz_az_intel_uttoroje|accessdate=2008-03-14] first working for Fairchild Semiconductor. He joined Intel Corporation when it was founded in 1968, he retired in 2003 as an executive vice president of the company. He was the fourth employee of Intel,cite web|title=Andy Grove's Tale of His Boyhood in Wartime|publisher="The New York Times"|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E1DA1238F931A25752C1A9679C8B63&scp=6&sq=Vadasz&st=nyt|date=2001-11-12|accessdate=2008-03-14] hired directly by Andrew Grove. He was the manager of the team that designed the first computer microprocessor, the Intel 4004. He has been an innovator and strategic leader throughout Intel's history. He was the founder and – until 2003 – president of the Intel Capital strategic investment program.cite web|title= A Pioneer at Intel Will Retire June 1|publisher="The New York Times"|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E5DF153AF93AA25757C0A9659C8B63&st=cse&sq=Intel+success&scp=38|date=2003-04-19|accessdate=2008-03-14]

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