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Andy Grove (1936–) managed to survive a childhood in Nazi-occupied Hungary only to find himself trapped behind the iron curtain as a victim of the cold war. He escaped to the United States via Austria in 1957. After educating himself in New York and California, Grove joined Fairchild Semiconductor. In 1968 he followed colleagues Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore to form a new company, Intel. Famously, Grove was employee number four. By 1979 he was chief operating officer.