Omar S Ishrak | |
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ওমর ইশরাক | |
Born | Omar Ishrak 1955 (age 68–69) |
Education | St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka |
Alma mater | King's College London, University of London (BS, PhD) |
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Title | Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board, Medtronic; Chairman of the Board, intel |
Omar S. Ishrak (born 1955) is a Bangladeshi-American business executive, serving as the chairman of the board for Intel, since January 2020. [1] [2] He was previously the CEO and chairman of the board of Medtronic from June 2011 to April 2020, [3] and remained as executive chairman and chairman of its board of directors until December 2020. [4]
Ishrak was born and grew up in Bangladesh. 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 and a Doctor of Philosophy in electrical engineering from the University of London.
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. [5]
In 2020, Ishrak was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering for "contributions to diagnostic ultrasound and for leadership in medical technology innovation and globalization." [6] In 2021 he joined Amgen's board of directors.
He is married, and lives in Minneapolis. [7]
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