Omar S. Ishrak (born 1955) is a
Bangladeshi-American
Bangladeshi Americans ( bn, বাংলাদেশী মার্কিনী, Bangladeshī Markinī) are Americans of Bangladeshi descent. The majority of Bangladeshi Americans are Bengalis and form the largest group of Bengali Americans. Ba ...
business executive, serving as the chairman of the board for
Intel
Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the devel ...
, since January 2020. He was previously the CEO and chairman of the board of
Medtronic
Medtronic plc is an American medical device company. The company's operational and executive headquarters are in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and its legal headquarters are in Ireland due to its acquisition of Irish-based Covidien in 2015. While it ...
from June 2011 to April 2020, and remained as executive chairman and chairman of its board of directors until December 2020.
Biography
Ishrak was born and grew up in
Bangladesh
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. He was a student of St Joseph Higher Secondary School in Dhaka. He studied at
King's College London and was awarded a
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
and a
Doctor of Philosophy
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in electrical engineering from the
University of London
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.
Before joining Medtronic, he served as the president and CEO of
GE Healthcare Systems.
Omar has been a member of the Intel board of directors since March 2017. He was announced the independent chairman of its board in January 2020.
In 2020, Ishrak was elected as a member of the
National Academy of Engineering
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for "contributions to diagnostic ultrasound and for leadership in medical technology innovation and globalization." In 2021 he joined
Amgen
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's board of directors.
Personal life
He is married, and lives in
Minneapolis
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with list of lakes in Minneapolis, thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. ...
.
References
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Living people
Alumni of the University of London
Alumni of King's College London
Fellows of King's College London
1956 births