When Bob Swan, Intel's CEO, took over the company from beleaguered Brian Krzanich in 2018, it looked like he had inherited a train wreck. But he appeared to hit the ground running since he had been CFO and knew where all the bodies were buried. He had to rebuild the company that had been ravaged by ill-advised layoffs, a lack of focus on Intel's core business and what had been a lengthy process of alienating Intel's largest customers.