Renée James

Renée James

American technology executive

Renée J. James (born June 25, 1964) is an American technology executive, who was formerly the president of Intel. She founded Ampere Computing in October 2017, is currently its Chairman and CEO. She is also an Operating Executive with The Carlyle Group in its Media and Technology practice.2

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Born Jun 25, 1964.1

About

James also serves on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee, which she formerly chaired. The NSTAC advises the President of the United States. James also serves as an independent director of Citigroup.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedCharles H. Lundquist College of Business3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Oregon3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences3

James received a bachelor's degree in International Business in 1986 and a Master's of Business Administration in 1992, both from the University of Oregon.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.10

  • Since 2017Chief executive officer9
  • Since 2016Board member, Citigroup8
  • Since 2015Board member, Oracle Corporation7
  • 2013 to 2016Chief executive officer9
  • Date not recordedWorked at Intel4
  • Date not recordedFounded Ampere Computing5
  • Date not recordedChief executive, Ampere Computing6

Intel

James joined Intel in 1988 as product manager for the 386 family of motherboards and systems. In the early 90s, she was responsible for product marketing of various software programs, including digital video and personal conferencing. She was also one of the early young employees who served as technical assistant to former chief executive Andy Grove.

During her career at Intel, James spearheaded the company's strategic expansion into providing proprietary and open source software and services for applications in enterprise, security, and cloud-based computing. In her role as executive vice president and general manager of the Software and Services Group, she was responsible for Intel's global software and services strategy, revenue, profit, and product R&D. In this role, James led Intel's strategic relationships with the world's leading device and enterprise operating systems companies. She was the director and COO of Intel Online Services, Intel's datacenter services business. Early in her career James also served as chief of staff for former Intel CEO Andy Grove.

In 2010, James championed the acquisition of the software security company McAfee for $7.7 billion. In 2016, McAfee was valued at $4.2 billion after Intel sold a 51% stake to the private equity group TPG.

James has broad knowledge of the computing industry, spanning hardware, manufacturing, security, software and services, which she developed through product R&D leadership positions at Intel and as chairman of Intel's software subsidiaries. James also had been an overall leader in the development and implementation of the corporate strategy including M&A throughout her career. In her role as the president of Intel, she had responsibility for global operations and manufacturing in addition to product and P&L management.

James was appointed president of Intel Corporation on May 16, 2013.

In February 2016, James left Intel.

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Ampere Computing

In 2018, James founded, and is currently chairman and CEO of Ampere Computing. The Santa Clara, California-based company, has about 1,000 employees globally. In June 2020, Ampere announced Ampere Altra and Ampere Altra Max Cloud-native processors.

In May 2022, Ampere announced sampling of Ampere One CPUs, using Ampere in house custom cores.

On March 19, 2025, Japanese company SoftBank Group announced it will acquire Ampere Computing for $6.5 billion. The deal is set to close in the second half of 2025. Ampere will remain an independent subsidiary with its headquarters in Santa Clara, California.

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Personal life

  • BornJun 25, 1964, Los Angeles11
  • CitizenshipUnited States12
  • ResidencePortland13

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