Intel Cuts VP Ranks From 450 to 200 as Management Layers Shrink
Intel management changes under Lip-Bu Tan cut VP ranks from 450 to 200 and reduced management layers from 12 to six. The shift targets slow decision-making tied to veto power and poor transparency, where information distorted as it moved up the hierarchy. Intel also hired trusted executives used to leaner operations, and gross margins moved from the high 30s target to the low 40s.