R.I.P. Intel CEO Andy Grove

“”Steve, I don’t give a [expletive] about Apple.”” That transformation, which Grove charted in two widely read management textbooks, earned him a reputation as one of the smartest thinkers in Silicon Valley and made Intel a rare company that continued to grow after dramatically altering its core business. Grove was idolized by some of tech’s best-known leaders, including former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, who called him in 1997 to ask whether he should return to Apple. (“Steve, I don’t give a [expletive] about Apple,” came the response, according to Walter Isaacson’s biography Steve Jobs.) [more]