>For instance, I doubt Andy Grove, at the end of his tenure, would have been able to do that kind of tech work in the moment, but he had a PhD in engineering and had a very deep knowledge of the technology as well as the business. He did make some very typical-of-engineers mistakes when intel decided to raise its consumer profile.

Grove is a great example of a successful technical CEO. I would never say Otellini was a failure, but Intel flourished under Grove in a way that it didn't under Otellini.