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On numerous occasions throughout its history, Intel corporation has been called the "most important company in the world". Today, after more than four decades of existence, it remains a defining company of the global digital economy as the builder of the tiny 'engines' that power almost every intelligent electronic device on the planet. The legendary semiconductor company not only invented the microprocessor-the single most important product in the modern world-but has held near-dominance of that invention for more than four decades. Intel is the one essential company of the digital age. What has been missing to date from the stories about Intel is how its trio of leaders brought something different to Intel and at different times. Noyce, the most respected high tech figure of his generation, brought credibility (And money) to the founding of the company, Moore made Intel the worlds technological leader and grove, through good times and bad, relentlessly drove the company to ever-higher levels of success and competitiveness. Without any one of these figures, Intel would never have achieved its historic success, with them, Intel made possible the personal computer, Internet, telecommunications and personal electronics revolutions.