Intel CEO Paul Otellini announced today that he will leave the company as of May 2013, apparently by his own choosing and despite statements from Intel's chairman that the company would very much like him to stay. In this video, Motley Fool tech and telecom analyst Eric Bleeker discusses how the story of Intel's and Microsoft's top management stories align, and he details what some of the pressures are on both companies' market space at the moment from the mobile sector that may have contributed to Otellini's decision.
Intel's CEO Jumping Ship
By Eric Bleeker – Nov 19, 2012 at 6:07PM
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Eric Bleeker, CFA joined The Motley Fool at the height of the financial crisis in 2008. For the next four years he led the Fool's Tech & Telecom sector, both writing articles and providing feedback and ideas to writers. Today, Eric is the General Manager of Fool.com, but still enjoys writing a tech article or two from time to time. Follow @bleekertech