CFO David Zinsner will step in as interim co-CEO as Intel races to regain lost ground in the GenAI race after reporting a record loss of $16.6 billion for its most recent quarter.

The move to replace Gelsinger - who took charge of Intel less than four years ago - came after the board decided that the pace of his costly plan to turn around Intel's fortunes was not quick enough.

Shake up in Silicon Valley. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger announces immediate retirement with the company naming two interim co-CEOs to lead the chipmaker. He started at Intel in 1979 and was its first chief technology officer.

Intel said Pat Gelsinger has retired and stepped down from the company’s board of directors.

David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus were named interim co-leaders after the boomerang executive, who returned to the company in 2021, left the top job.

Intel has started shortlisting a handful of candidates, including former board member Lip-Bu Tan, for the role of chief executive after the struggling American chipmaker ousted company veteran Pat Gelsinger,

Zinsner is executive vice president and chief financial officer at Intel. Holthaus was appointed to the newly created position of CEO of Intel Products, which includes the client

Intel on Monday announced the retirement of chief executive Pat Gelsinger. The move, which was effective Sunday, comes as the U.S. chipmaker struggles to keep up in the hypercompetitive semiconductor market and as its stock price has tumbled.

On Monday, Intel announced that its CEO Pat Gelsinger was stepping down from his post after more than three years.

Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired, the struggling chipmaker said Monday in a surprise announcement. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will act as interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a replacement for Gelsinger,