COMPANY

Founded by the Traitorous Eight in 1957.

Official Website:
http://www.fairchildsemi.com/

Industry:
Electronic Components

Ticker:
NYSE:FCS

Corporate headquarters:
Santa Clara, CA

Sales:
$1.4B (2005)

Employees:
8900

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gil Amelio	Business	1-Mar-1943		CEO of Apple, 1996-97
Eugene Kleiner	Business	12-May-1923	20-Nov-2003	Venture capitalist
Gordon Moore	Business	3-Jan-1929		Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law
Robert Noyce	Inventor	12-Dec-1927	3-Jun-1990	Co-Inventor, integrated circuit
Alan E. Ross	Business	c. 1935		CEO of Broadcom, 2003-05
Mark Thompson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor
James A. Unruh	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Unisys, 1990-97

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mark Thompson	Business	c. 1957		CEO of Fairchild Semiconductor

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert F. Friel	Business	c. 1956		Vice Chairman of PerkinElmer

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Manuel A. Fernandez	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Gartner, 1991-98
Andy Grove	Business	2-Sep-1936		CEO of Intel, 1987-98
E. Floyd Kvamme	Business	1938		Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Gregorio Reyes	Business	c. 1942		CEO of Sunward Technologies, 1985-94
Don Valentine	Business	c. 1933		Founder of Sequoia Capital

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Arthur Rock	Business	19-Aug-1926		Coined term "Venture Capitalism"

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