Pat Gelsinger
InvestorGeneral Partner at Playground Global · General Partner at Playground Global
United States
About
Pat Gelsinger is a General Partner at Playground Global, a deep tech venture capital firm with $1.2 billion in assets under management. He has more than 45 years of experience in Silicon Valley as a CEO, CTO, and technologist, with prior roles at Intel, EMC, and VMware and work on semiconductors, microprocessors, and industry standards. He serves as Executive Chair of xLight and sits on the board of Gloo.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHardwareRoboticsSemiconductors
Experience
- Playground GlobalGeneral Partnercurrent2025 — present
- GlooExecutive Chair and Head of Technologycurrent2025 — presentBoulder, Colorado, United States
- SyentaBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- Vertical SemiconductorBoard Membercurrent2026 — present
- Ayar LabsBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Alva EnergyBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- Snowcap Compute Inc.Chairman of the Boardcurrent2025 — present
- Powerlattice Technologies IncBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
- xLight Inc.Chairman of the Boardcurrent2025 — present
- National Security Telecommunications Advisory CommitteeAdvisorcurrent2020 — present
- TRANSFORMING THE BAY WITH CHRISTChairman of the Boardcurrent2014 — present
- MobileyeChairman of the Board2022 — 2024Jerusalem
- Intel CorporationChief Executive Officer2021 — 2024
- VMwareCEO2012 — 2021
- EMCPresident and COO2009 — 2012Greater Boston
- Intel CorporationSr. VP & GM, Digital Enterprise Group1979 — 2009
- Intel CorporationCTO2000 — 2005
Education
- Taylor UniversityHonorary Doctor of Business Administration2025
- Technion - Israel Institute of TechnologyHonorary Doctorate, Science
- Carnegie Mellon UniversityHonorary Doctorate, Science and technology
- The Ohio State UniversityDoctorate, Engineering
- Indiana Wesleyan UniversityDoctorate
- Jessup UniversityHonorary Doctor of Letters
- Stanford UniversityMSEE, EE & CS1983 — 1986
- Santa Clara UniversityBSEE, Electrical Engineering1980 — 1983
- Lincoln Technical InstituteAA, Electronics1978 — 1979
Skills & more
From Pat's professional profile.
Same school
Also attended Taylor University2
Also attended Indiana Wesleyan University1
Also attended Stanford University1,578
+ 1,572 more
Also attended Santa Clara University113
+ 107 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Vertical Semiconductor1
Also worked at Alva Energy2
Also worked at Snowcap Compute Inc.1
Also worked at Intel Corporation261
+ 255 more
Deals · 3
Snowcap ComputeBoard seat
via Playground Global · filed Oct 2025 · $23M raise
xLight Inc.Board seat
via Playground Global · filed Aug 2025 · $40.6M raise
PowerLattice TechnologiesBoard seat
via Playground Global · filed May 2025 · $25M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
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