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Intel wanted to hire HP's PC leader
A REPORT at the Wall Street Journal claims that Intel was recently close to breaking a tradition of promoting from in-house, and had been courting HP's Todd Bradley for an executive role.
People familiar with the matter told the investors' rag that although he considered the role, Bradley decided to stay at HP and keep tinkering with that firm's PC hardware endeavours.
The refusal puts Intel in the tough position of trying to find a successor for its CEO, Paul Otellini. It's a situation that's not helped by the departure of Pat Gelsinger last year or Sean Maloney's sudden illness.
Intel did not comment on the suggestions, other than to say that the 60 year old Otellini was in his prime.
"We've got a CEO who is in his prime," said Laura Anderson, a spokeswoman for the firm. "There's a lot of time to groom a lot of different people."
Five years, to be precise. µ
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Really, what does this say about Intel if Paul feels the best candidate for Intel lies outside of Intel? Of the hundreds of VP's they must have now, not one is capable of leading this company? I think bringing in outside talent is a good idea but never right to the top - they tend to change a lot of the culture too quick, forcing people to dig in their heels against change, further slowing change.
I have seen time and time again that when large companies bring in outside leadership they struggle and ultimately fail. Keep watching this space and see if Intel continues it backward slide.
Forget ^ that, wrong guy!
AMD hired him as their CIO.
LINK:
http://newenterprise.allthingsd.com/20110321/amd-hires-its-new-cio-away-from-hewlett-packard/?reflink=ATD_yahoo_ticker