Editing Craig Barrett (chief executive)

{{Short description|American business executive}}
{{For|the Australian technology executive|Craig H. Barratt}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Craig Barrett
| image              = Craig Barrett by Gage Skidmore.jpg
| caption            = Barrett in June 2018
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1939|8|29}}
| birth_place        = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.<ref name="IT">{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/craig-r-barrett-1.277919 |title=Craig R. Barrett |date=2000-06-02 |newspaper=The Irish Times |language=en |access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref>
| death_date         = 
| death_place        = 
| occupation         = Former Chairman and CEO of [[Intel|Intel Corporation]]
| predecessor        = [[Andy Grove]]
| successor          = [[Paul Otellini]]
| spouse             = [[Barbara Barrett]]<ref name="IT"/>
| website            = 
}}

'''Craig R. Barrett''' (born August 29, 1939)<ref name="IT"/> is an American [[business executive]] who served as the [[chairman of the board]] of [[Intel Corporation]] until May 2009. He became CEO of Intel in 1998, a position he held for seven years. After retiring from Intel, Barrett joined the faculty at [[Thunderbird School of Global Management]] in Phoenix.

== Career ==
In 1994, Barrett was elected a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]] for technical leadership in advancing quality and productivity through manufacturing technology in the semiconductor industry.

He was appointed as a member of the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong|Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers]] in the years of 1998–2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200311/06/1106201.htm|title=CE discusses economic issues with international advisers|website=Info.gov.hk|access-date=23 June 2018}}</ref> He joined the board of trustees of the [[Society for Science & the Public]] in 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.i-gorod.com/en/about/team/barrett/ |title=I-GOROD.com — the Official Website of the First Russian Innograd Working Group &#124; Craig Barrett |access-date=2011-06-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526013231/http://www.i-gorod.com/en/about/team/barrett/ |archive-date=2011-05-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He serves as president and chairman of BASIS School Inc.,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Safier|first=David|title=Craig Barrett Makes $190,000 As a K12 Inc. Board Member|url=https://www.tucsonweekly.com/TheRange/archives/2016/01/11/craig-barrett-makes-190000-as-a-k12-inc-board-member|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Tucson Weekly|language=en}}</ref> a charter school group as well as chair of the board of directors for the [[National Forest Foundation]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lafferty|first=Susan DeMar|title=Midewin preserve now home for bison, back 'after a few thousand years'|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-midewin-bison-arrive-st-1025-20151023-story.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=chicagotribune.com|date=24 October 2015 }}</ref> the nonprofit partner to the [[U.S. Forest Service]].

=== Employment at Intel Corporation ===
Barrett was employed by Intel Corporation in 1974 as a manager. He was promoted to [[vice president]] of the corporation in 1984, to senior vice president in 1987, and executive vice president in 1990. Barrett was elected to Intel's [[board of directors]] in 1992 and was named the company's [[chief operating officer]] in 1993. He served as Intel's fourth [[President (corporate title)|president]] starting in May 1997 and its chief executive officer from 1998 to 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogoway|first=Mike|date=2019-01-31|title=Intel finally settles on a CEO, promoting Bob Swan|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2019/01/intel_finally_settles_on_a_ceo.html|access-date=2020-12-09|website=Oregonian/OregonLive|language=en}}</ref> He successfully led the corporation through some of its worst times, including the burst of the [[dot-com bubble]] and a severe [[recession]].

He became chairman of the board in May 2005, when he was succeeded as CEO by [[Paul Otellini]]. In January 2009, he announced that he would be stepping down as chairman and member of the board at the annual stockholders' meeting in May 2009.

== Education ==
Barrett attended [[Stanford University]] from 1957 to 1964 and received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in [[Materials Science]]. During his time at Stanford, he joined the [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity.  After graduation, he joined the Stanford University Department of Materials Science and Engineering and remained there until 1974. Barrett was NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the [[National Physical Laboratory, UK|National Physical Laboratory]] in the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1965.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Science|first=Carnegie|date=2015-03-10|title=Craig Barrett, Chairman|url=https://carnegiescience.edu/trustee/craig-barrett-chairman|access-date=2020-10-26|website=Carnegie Institution for Science|language=en}}</ref>

Craig and his wife Barbara gave a $10 million endowment to [[Arizona State University]] in 2000. In recognition of their donation, Arizona State renamed their honors program [[Barrett, The Honors College]].<ref>[https://barretthonors.asu.edu/about/history-of-barrett "Barrett, The Honors College"]. Arizona State University. Retrieved September 19, 2920</ref>

== Awards and publications ==
In 1969, Barrett received the Robert Lansing Hardy Award of the [[Minerals, Metals & Materials Society]] and remains a member of the [[National Academy of Engineering]]. He is the author of over forty technical papers dealing with the influence of microstructure on the properties of materials and co-authored a textbook on materials science, ''The Principles of Engineering Materials'', along with [[UCLA]] professor Alan S. Tetelman (founder of [[Failure Analysis Associates|Exponent, Inc.]]) and [[Stanford]] professor William D. Nix, published by [[Prentice-Hall]] in 1973, which remains in use today.<ref name=MatBook>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ZxRAAAAMAAJ|title=The Principles of Engineering Materials|year=1973|publisher=[[Prentice-Hall]]|isbn=9780137093946|access-date= June 10, 2010}}</ref>

On January 31, 2006, Barrett and his wife were awarded the [[Woodrow Wilson Awards|Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship]] by the [[Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars]].

On June 28, 2009, he was announced the 2009 Laureate of the Global Award of the President of [[Armenia]] for Outstanding Contribution to Humanity through IT.<ref>[https://globalitaward.am/en/laureates/craig--r.-barrett- "Global IT Award Laureate 2009"]. Global IT Award. Retrieved February 6, 2012.</ref>

On June 27, 2014, [[Trinity College Dublin]] awarded him with an honorary doctorate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/honorary-degrees-to-author-amos-oz-former-intel-ceo-craig-barrett-founder-of-irish-hospice-foundation-mary-redmond/|title=Honorary Degrees to Author Amos Oz, Former Intel CEO, Craig Barrett; Founder of Irish Hospice Foundation Mary Redmond|date=2014-06-29|website=Trinity News and Events|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>

== Family ==
[[File:Craig and Barbara Barrett at Helsinki embassy 2008.jpg|thumb|Craig and [[Barbara Barrett]] at the U.S. Embassy in [[Helsinki]], Christmas 2008]]
Barret is married to [[Barbara Barrett|Barbara McConnell Barrett]],<ref name="IT"/> who was the [[United States Ambassador to Finland]] from 2008 to 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://spacenews.com/former-ambassador-barbara-barrett-tapped-to-replace-heather-wilson-as-air-force-secretary/ |title=Former Ambassador Barbara Barrett tapped to replace Heather Wilson as Air Force secretary |date=2019-05-21 |website=SpaceNews.com |language=en-US |access-date=2019-05-30}}</ref> She was the Secretary of the Air Force under the Trump administration.

== See also ==
*[[List of chief executive officers]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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*[http://www.intel.com/pressroom/kits/bios/barrett.htm Intel website biography] – background information
*[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/09/26/BUGV88SI8T1.DTL 'On the Record: Craig Barrett'] – Retirement interview, in SFGate.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061005215342/http://www.choosetocompete.org/pdf/Barrett_Testimony_060622.pdf 2006 Congressional testimony on U.S. International Business Tax policy]
*{{C-SPAN|60810}}

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 | title  = [[Chief executive officer|CEO]], [[Intel]]
 | years  = 1998–2005
 | before = [[Andrew Grove]]
 | after  = [[Paul Otellini]]
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