Intel just pulled off a boomerang hire. Seok-Hee Lee, who spent a decade at the chipmaker before leaving in 2010, is coming back as executive vice president of Intel Foundry, effective June 18, 2026.
Lee will report directly to CEO Lip-Bu Tan and oversee advanced packaging, system integration, back-end technology development, and back-end manufacturing operations.
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During his first stint at Intel from 2000 to 2010, Lee worked on process integration across technology nodes ranging from 130-nm to 32-nm. That work earned him three Intel Achievement Awards.
After leaving Intel, Lee served as president and CEO of both SK On and SK hynix, where he played a central role in acquiring Intel’s own NAND business in 2020.
