Pat Gelsinger is a general partner at Playground Global and a veteran semiconductor and enterprise-technology executive. He previously served as CEO of Intel and VMware, led EMC's information infrastructure business, and spent three decades in engineering and executive roles at Intel.
Pat Gelsinger is a general partner at Playground Global and a veteran semiconductor and enterprise-technology executive. He previously served as CEO of Intel and VMware, led EMC's information infrastructure business, and spent three decades in engineering and executive roles at Intel.
Career
General Partner at Playground Global from 2025-03 to PresentInvests in and advises deep-technology companies as a general partner.
Former Chief Executive Officer; previously Chief Technology Officer and engineering executive at Intel from 1979 to 2024-12Spent approximately three decades in early engineering and executive roles, returned as CEO in 2021, and retired in 2024.
Chief Executive Officer at VMware from 2012 to 2021Led VMware's expansion in cloud infrastructure, enterprise mobility, and cybersecurity.
President and Chief Operating Officer, Information Infrastructure Products at EMC from 2009 to 2012Led engineering and operations across storage, data computing, backup, security, and enterprise products.