--- description: Only 24% of 2013 employees were female title: Intel Pledges $300 Million to Increase Workforce Diversity image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280dc3209041b0d/69877896428a9ec61bcc66fc/461113082.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Intel Pledges $300 Million to Increase Workforce Diversity  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 7, 2015 6:25 PM CUT  Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., during the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015\. (Patrick T. Fallon--Bloomberg via Getty Images) Brian Krzanich, chief executive officer of Intel Corp., during the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015\. (Patrick T. Fallon--Bloomberg via Getty Images)Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Jan 7, 2015 6:25 PM CUT Intel CEO Brian Krzanich pledged $300 million to increase the company’s workforce diversity during his keynote address at the Computer Electronics Show (CES) Tuesday. “It’s time to step up and do more,” Krzanich said, acknowledging that the task of achieving “full representation” of women and minorities by 2020 will be “difficult to achieve.” Seventy-six percent of [Intel’s employee](http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/company-overview/equal-employment-opportunity-employer-info-report.html "undefined") were male in 2013\. And the company’s diversity filings from the same year showed Intel’s workforce was only 24% female, 8% Hispanic and 4% black, according to the[ Wall Street _Journal._](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/01/06/intel-pledges-300-million-in-workforce-diversity-push/ "undefined") “It’s not good enough to say we value diversity and then underrepresent women and minorities, Krzanich [said,](http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2474749,00.asp "undefined") “Intel wants to lead by example.” Krzanich did not set any specific quotas, but noted that the money would be used to fund programs that could help get more diverse candidates into jobs at Intel, while attracting talented and diverse job candidates. Silicon Valley has long been considered a boy’s club, with major tech companies like [Twitter](http://time.com/3026067/twitter-diversity/ "undefined") and [Google](http://time.com/3002270/twitter-diversity-google-facebook-apple/ "undefined") revealing demographics that skew toward white, male workers. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3657636/intel-300-million-diversity-pledge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3657636/intel-300-million-diversity-pledge/"},"headline":"Intel Pledges $300 Million to Increase Workforce Diversity","datePublished":"2015-01-07T18:25:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:04:06.796Z","description":"Only 24% of 2013 employees were female","url":"https://time.com/3657636/intel-300-million-diversity-pledge/","keywords":["Living","Tech","women","CES","Computers","CEO","Intel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280dc3209041b0d/69877896428a9ec61bcc66fc/461113082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1280dc3209041b0d/69877896428a9ec61bcc66fc/461113082.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Inside The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show","caption":"Inside The 2015 Consumer Electronics Show","creditText":"Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3657636/intel-300-million-diversity-pledge/","name":"Intel Pledges $300 Million to Increase Workforce Diversity"}}]}] ```