Bob Swan

Robert Holmes Swan is an American business executive. He was CEO of Intel from January 2019 until February 15, 2021. Following the resignation of Brian Krzanich as Intel CEO, he was named interim CEO on June 21, 2018, In July 2021, Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz announced that Swan will be joining the firm.

Early life and education Bob Swan was born in Syracuse, New York. He graduated from Corcoran High School in 1978. He received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University at Buffalo School of Management in 1983 and his M.B.A. from Binghamton University in 1985. four months before the company went under. After Webvan, he joined TRW as CFO, He was CFO at eBay from March 2006 until July 2015. In 2015 he "oversaw" the spinoff of PayPal Holdings. That year, Institutional Investor named him to its America's Best CFOs list.

In 2015, he became an operating partner at the growth equity firm General Atlantic LLC.

Intel In September 2016, Swan was named the new CFO of Intel, replacing Stacy Smith, and joining from General Atlantic. He officially joined Intel on October 10, 2016, as executive vice president and first outside CFO that Intel had recruited since 1983. following the resignation of Brian Krzanich. In September 2018, he addressed supply concerns with an open letter. Bob Swan remained Intel's interim CEO and CFO until January 31, 2019, when he was appointed permanent CEO. He had reportedly told employees he was not pursuing a permanent CEO position.

In December 2018, it was reported that he was the only Intel insider buying stock since 2010. He was also the only eBay insider to buy stock in years.

On January 13, 2021, Intel announced Bob Swan would step down as CEO and be replaced by VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger. Intel stock rose over 7% after this announcement.

Andreessen Horowitz In July 2021, Swan joined the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.

Organizations In April 2001, Swan became a director at Webvan group, and he was a director at PayPal Holdings until July 17, 2015. In June 2011, he was a director at Radial.

He joined eBay's board in 2015 and in 2016 he was on the boards of eBay, Applied Materials, App Dynamics, and Alignment Healthcare. He was on the board of AppDynamics until October 2016 and Applied Materials until September 2016. He remains on the board of Alignment Healthcare. He is also a director of Skype Global, and has been since December 2009.

Personal life Bob Swan lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. He is married and has two children.