Swan’s throng. Chipzilla’s only Swan and done it. And Swan more for luck, etc
Intel on Thursday filled its vacant CEO slot with the appointment of Robert Swan, who has been moonlighting as interim CEO over the past seven months while simultaneously serving as CFO.
The vacancy at the top of the chip biz arose when former CEO Brian Krzanich quit last June after code of conduct violations came to light. The board discovered he’d had a consensual relationship with a fellow Intel employee that ended in 2013, prior to becoming CEO, although other factors might have played a part in his resignation.
Swan, 58, has served as Intel’s CFO since 2016. After becoming interim CEO in June last year, he reportedly told staffers he didn’t want to run the chip biz. But like Shakespeare’s Richard III, who made a show of refusing the crown, Swan has bowed to the entreaties his supporters.
„I am a bit surprised as Swan said he didn’t want the role, but I always thought that he should be considered it,“ said Patrick Moorhead, president of consultancy Moor Insights & Strategy, in an email to The Register. „Swan tells me that as he was in the interim CEO role, he started to like to and enjoy it.“
Indeed, Swan said as much in a letter to Intel employees on Thursday.
