Gordon Moore was born on 3 January 1929 in Los Angeles. He was a very intelligent kid since his childhood and often won science competitions at his school. He went to Sequoia High School for his schooling. After his graduation, he started studying at San Jose State University however he didn’t like that place very much and so after 2 years of college he got himself transferred to the University of California.
In 1950 he got his bachelor's degree in chemistry. He started to study for Ph.D. in the same university and completed it in 1954. He later joined MIT to do research in the field of chemistry. He was then included in the Fairchild Semiconductor corporation after leaving MIT to work in the field of semiconductor.
He soon became the director of his new company and took the working of the company in his own hand. Upon being asked about the development of semiconductors in the electronics field he said that its use would double every year for a decade. He later did some changes to the forecast and said it would double every two years. He gave Moore’s law about the expansion of the semiconductor usage in the industry. This law has been helpful in predicting the scenario of the world electronics scene.
In 1968 he met his friend Robert Noyce and founded his first company NM Electronics which later came to be known as Intel Corporation. He has been the chairman of the company for a long time. Intel has some of the biggest company in electronics and strives to be the best even today. It is the biggest chip-making company and supplies ts processors to every computer making company. Its Intel processors namely i3, i5, and i7 are known to be the best in the business.
In 2000 he was overwhelmed by his success and so he deiced to make a foundation that helps poor people and also unprivileged ones to sort their life out. The foundation is also very concerned about the environment and strives to keep it good for the future generations. It is most concerned about climate change and its effect on the global population. He has got many awards for his extensive research in the field.
In 1976 he was honored with a member place in the National Academy of Engineering. He has been also given one of the biggest honors in the field by the US president. The media is called National Medal of Technology and Innovation. He has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2003.
There is not much know about his personal life as he likes to keep it to himself. He is married to Betty Moore and has two children with his wife. He is a huge fan of fishing and enjoy his leisure time doing that. His education has led him to have a net worth of around $8 billion which is a huge amount of money.
| Birth Date: | 3 Jan, 1929 |
| Age: | 91 yrs |
| Citizenship: | United States of America |
| Birth Place: | San Francisco |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | American businessman, co-founder of Intel and author of "Moore's Law" |
| Net Worth 2021: | 10.7 billion |
