Pat Gelsinger

Pat Gelsinger has been serving as Chief Executive Officer of VMware since September 2012, nearly doubling the size of the company during his tenure. He brings more than 35 years of technology and leadership experience. Before joining VMware, Gelsinger led EMC’s Information Infrastructure Products business as President and Chief Operating Officer. A respected IT industry veteran, he was at Intel for 30 years becoming the company’s first Chief Technology Officer and driving the creation of key industry technologies including USB and WiFi. He led Intel to be the dominant supplier of the microprocessor—while in the significant role as the architect of the original 80486 processor.