pat-gelsinger
Pat Gelsinger is a General Partner at Playground Global, which he joined in March 2025 after being ousted as CEO of Intel in December 2024; he was CEO of Intel from February 2021 to December 2024 and CEO of VMware from 2012 to 2021, and is credited with decades of earlier engineering and executive work at Intel.
Pat Gelsinger joined Playground Global as a General Partner in March 2025, months after his December 2024 departure from Intel, where he had returned as CEO in February 2021. At Playground he invests alongside General Partners Peter Barrett, Jory Bell, and Bruce Leak, takes board seats, and advises portfolio companies in next-generation compute, infrastructure/automation, and energy transition; he is Executive Chair of portfolio company xLight and sits on the boards of Alva Energy, Ayar Labs, PowerLattice, Snowcap Compute, and Syenta. His Intel exit came amid concern over its position against Nvidia and turnaround pace. Earlier he led VMware as CEO (2012-2021) and spent decades at Intel as an engineer and executive, including as CTO. He also serves on Gloo's board and supports faith-based philanthropies.
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- General Partner, Playground Global
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- San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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- Who is pat-gelsinger?
- Pat Gelsinger joined Playground Global as a General Partner in March 2025, months after his December 2024 departure from Intel, where he had returned as CEO in February 2021. At Playground he invests alongside General Partners Peter Barrett, Jory Bell, and Bruce Leak, takes board seats, and advises portfolio companies in next-generation compute, infrastructure/automation, and energy transition; he is Executive Chair of portfolio company xLight and sits on the boards of Alva Energy, Ayar Labs, PowerLattice, Snowcap Compute, and Syenta. His Intel exit came amid concern over its position against Nvidia and turnaround pace. Earlier he led VMware as CEO (2012-2021) and spent decades at Intel as an engineer and executive, including as CTO. He also serves on Gloo's board and supports faith-based philanthropies.
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- pat-gelsinger is General Partner, Playground Global, based in San Francisco Bay Area, CA.
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Pat Gelsinger is a General Partner at Playground Global, having joined in March 2025; he serves on the boards of Alva Energy, Ayar Labs, PowerLattice, Snowcap Compute, and Syenta, and is Board Member and Executive Chair of xLight; he was previously CEO of Intel and held CEO/leadership roles at EMC and VMware
Playground Global: Pat GelsingerVerified2026-08-12 - 2
Pat Gelsinger joined Playground Global as General Partner on March 26, 2025; he will invest alongside other General Partners, take board seats, mentor CEOs, and provide technical and operational expertise; he is Board Member and Executive Chair of xLight
Playground Global: Pat Gelsinger Joins Playground Global as General PartnerVerified2025-03-26 - 3
Pat Gelsinger, former Intel CEO, joined venture firm Playground Global as a general partner
CNBC: Former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger jumps to venture capital, joins Playground GlobalReported2025-03-26 - 4
Playground Global hires ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger as its fourth general partner, alongside its fourth flagship fund raise targeting 350 million dollars
Venture Capital Journal: Playground Global hires ex-Intel CEO Pat GelsingerReported2025-03-27 - 5
Pat Gelsinger was CEO of Intel from February 2021 until his December 1, 2024 board-driven departure, amid concerns over Intel's competitive position against Nvidia and turnaround progress; Intel named CFO David Zinsner and products chief MJ Holthaus as interim co-CEOs
CNBC: Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger ousted by board after disastrous performanceReported2024-12-02 - 6
Pat Gelsinger was CEO of VMware from 2012 to 2021, departing in early 2021 to become CEO of Intel
CNN Business: Pat Gelsinger, CEO of Intel, resigns after a disastrous tenureReported2024-12-02