Gil Amelio
Gilbert Frank Amelio (born March 1, 1943 in New York City ) is an American physicist and manager .
Amelio studied physics and received her PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology . He has been an IEEE Fellow since 1978 . In 1991 he received the IEEE Masaru Ibuka Consumer Electronics Award for his contribution to the development of CCD sensors .
He was Chief Executive Officer of National Semiconductor from 1991 to 1996 and then CEO of Apple as successor to Michael Spindler . There he was replaced in 1997 by Steve Jobs .
Works
- Profit from experience: The National Semiconductor story of transformation management. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York 1996, ISBN 978-0-442-02055-2 .
 - On the firing line: My 500 days at Apple. Harper Business, New York 1998, ISBN 978-0-88730-918-2 .
 
literature
- Gilbert F. Amelio , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 48/1997 of November 17, 1997, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
 
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Amelio, Gil | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Amelio, Gilbert Frank (full name) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and manager | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1943 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |