Intel flutters into the Robert Swan era, makes interim CEO permanent
It sounds like everyone will be calling him "Bob," but whether he goes by Bob, Robert, or Mr. Swan, Intel's new CEO starts today. The company tapped Robert Swan to be interim CEO seven months ago, and he's apparently done enough to make the board feel confident in his appointment as the permanent chief. Swan has been in the business for a long time, serving primarily in finance roles and as a C-level executive. He climbed fast at Intel, joining just in 2016 as the Chief Financial Officer. By mid-2018, he was interim CEO.
Everyone at Intel seems to be feeling outstanding about the whole situation. The word appears a lot in Intel's press release, in which the company offered praise for the "outstanding job Bob did as interim CEO [...] as reflected in Intel's outstanding results in ...