Leslie L. Vadász

[7] Vadász moved to the United States in 1961[8] first working at Transitron Corporation (1961–1964, R&D) and then at Fairchild Semiconductor International (1964–1968, R&D) where he helped develop the silicon gate process.

[3][9] Robert Noyce, and Gordon Moore, his colleagues at Fairchild Semiconductor founded the Intel Corporation in 1968.

[12] Vadász, who used to be once the fourth employee of the world-renowned global semiconductor corporation, retired in 2003 as Executive Vice President of the company.

[13] Since its establishment, the strategic investment firm has paved the way for more than a thousand companies in more than thirty countries around the world.

Intel's leadership in the semiconductor industry is largely due to Les Vadász' achievements.