Trump has left ATRÁs, as he has done several times throughout his mandate, And he no longer wants to resign the CEO of Intel. After meeting with him yesterday in the White House, he even describes his story as “success”.
The concrete details of the meeting are unknown, in which the United States Secretary of the United States, Howard Lutnick, and Treasury, Scott Besent. According to CNBC, Trump published on social networks that the meeting was «Very interesting«. Regarding Lip-Bu Tan, CEO of Intel, said that «The story of its success and growth is incredible«.
All this after saying only a few days ago that Lip-Bu should resign for maintaining a conflict of interest for the investments that he had made throughout more than two decades in China technology companies, of which several are related to the Chinese army.
So, he defended himself from the accusations against him in a statement addressed to Intel employees, said that false information about him had been poured, and that he had always worked taking into account ethical and legal standards. He also pointed out that Intel was in contact with the White House to address the issues that had appeared and make sure they had all the right data.
It will not be the last time it meets Trump and the members of his cabinet, since Trump has confirmed, they will meet again next week, when Intel they will make several proposals and suggestions to the President.
It is unknown to what these proposals will be, which can be economic or investment, or also be related to the production of chips on American soil. Intel have confirmed the meeting, and they have commented that he has revolved around «Intel’s commitment to reinforce US technology, and in manufacturing leadership«.
So, that he is currently 65 years old, he was born in Malaysia and grew up in Singapore before moving to the United States, where he has a master’s degree at MIT. He has held different leadership positions throughout his career, and is director of Intel since 2022. Last March he replaced Pat Gels as the company’s CEO, which faces severe restructuring to try to get out of the crisis in which he is immersed.
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