Andy Grove, who was Intel's third 
employee when he helped found the chip giant in July 1968, has seen the company's stock appreciate more than 1600 percent, and its revenues grow 700 percent, during the 1990s alone. The company went public 26 years ago, and has had 11 stock splits since, four of them on Grove's watch. Intel's 
market capitalization now stands at $127.2 billion, according to yesterday's closing stock price of 76-1/16. But more than a successful enterprise, Intel has become a model for corporate America, melding big business with the entrepreneurial spirit that drives even the smallest start-ups of Silicon Valley.
employee when he helped found the chip giant in July 1968, has seen the company's stock appreciate more than 1600 percent, and its revenues grow 700 percent, during the 1990s alone. The company went public 26 years ago, and has had 11 stock splits since, four of them on Grove's watch. Intel's
market capitalization now stands at $127.2 billion, according to yesterday's closing stock price of 76-1/16. But more than a successful enterprise, Intel has become a model for corporate America, melding big business with the entrepreneurial spirit that drives even the smallest start-ups of Silicon Valley.
