Career
Barrett served as the president of Intel starting in 1997 and its chief executive officer from 1998 to 2005. He successfully led the corporation through some of its worst times, including the burst of the dot-com bubble and a severe recession.
He was appointed as a member of the Hong Kong Chief Executive's Council of International Advisers in the years of 1998–2005. He joined the board of trustees of the Society for Science & the Public in 2010. In 2010, he also became the co-chair of the Skolkovo innovation center in Russia.
Now, he serves as president and chairman of BASIS School Inc., a charter school group.
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