--- title: The True Story of Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year description: Before Andrew Grove became a business luminary and semiconductor pioneer, he survived some of the 20th century's darkest horrors canonical: https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/ author: Mark Rivett-Carnac article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-22T04:08:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:49:42.771Z article:section: History og:title: The True Story of Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year og:description: The Intel pioneer survived some of the 20th century's darkest horrors. og:url: https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1127eb9b2760e9d0/69888bee428a9ee3c8cd1e74/1101971229_400.jpg?branch=production&width=404&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 404 og:image:height: 227 og:image:alt: Andrew Grove magazine cover og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The True Story of Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year twitter:description: The Intel pioneer survived some of the 20th century's darkest horrors. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1127eb9b2760e9d0/69888bee428a9ee3c8cd1e74/1101971229_400.jpg?branch=production&width=404&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The True Story of Intel Pioneer Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year > Sponsored content. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Mar 22, 2016 4:08 AM UTC  The cover of TIME Magazine, Dec. 29, 1997 The cover of TIME Magazine, Dec. 29, 1997 TIME Magazine by [Mark Rivett-Carnac](https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/) ## Mark Rivett-Carnac Mar 22, 2016 4:08 AM UTC Andrew Grove, the longtime chairperson and chief executive of Intel Corp., [died](http://time.com/4267139/ex-intel-ceo-andy-grove-dies/?xid=homepage) at the age of 79\. He is remembered as a pioneer of the digital age, a savior of Intel and a champion of the semiconductor revolution. But before he became a business luminary, Grove survived some of the 20th century’s darkest horrors. Grove was [born](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,987588-1,00.html) into a Jewish household in Budapest on Sept. 2, 1936, the son of a dairyman and bookkeeping clerk. His first brush with death came at the age of 4 when he survived a wave of scarlet fever that swept the city. The epidemic was soon replaced by a new plague, the Nazis. Grove went into hiding with his mother, and managed to escape World War II, only to face the brutal Stalinist regime. When the Soviets arrived in Budapest, Grove decided it was time to escape. To find out more about Grove’s journey from a penniless refugee to TIME magazine’s 1997 Man of the Year, read the [article](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,987588-1,00.html), “Andrew Grove: A Survivor’s Tale.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/"},"headline":"The True Story of Intel Pioneer Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year","datePublished":"2016-03-22T04:08:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:49:42.771Z","description":"A champion of the semiconductor revolution, Grove survived some of the 20th century's darkest horrors","url":"https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/","keywords":["Technology","Tech","remembrance","Intel","Survivor"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1127eb9b2760e9d0/69888bee428a9ee3c8cd1e74/1101971229_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mark Rivett-Carnac","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/mark-rivett-carnac/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1127eb9b2760e9d0/69888bee428a9ee3c8cd1e74/1101971229_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Andrew Grove magazine cover","caption":"Andrew Grove","creditText":"TIME Magazine","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":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/technology/","name":"Technology"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4267150/andrew-grove-intel-survivor-biography-budapest/","name":"The True Story of Intel Pioneer Andrew Grove, TIME's 1997 Man of the Year"}}]}] ```