陈立武Lip-Bu Tan

Took over as Intel CEO in March 2025 after a decade turning Cadence into an EDA powerhouse and a career investing in silicon through Walden International. The turnaround now has numbers attached: 18A, with RibbonFET and backside power, entered high-volume manufacturing in Arizona and Oregon in late 2025, and through 2026 Tan has cited yield gains of 7–8% per month and called the foundry a national treasure as external customers began arriving. Capital followed the process rather than the story — NVIDIA's $5B private placement closed in December 2025, with SoftBank and the US government also taking stakes, and an NVLink-based product collaboration with NVIDIA is in the works. He bought $10M of Intel stock himself in August 2026.