COMPANY

Semiconductor manufacturer, founded 1974 by former Intel employee Federico Faggin. It is most known for developing the Z80 CPU, but it makes many specialized chips used by OEMs. In 1980 the company was acquired by Exxon and in 1989 employees re-acquired it. Zilog was made public in 1991 and subsequently bought out in 1998 by private equity firm Texas Pacific Group. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2000.

Official Website:
http://www.zilog.com/

Industry:
Electronic Components

Ticker:
NASDAQ:ZILG

Corporate headquarters:
San Jose, CA

Sales:
$79M (2006)

Employees:
500

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Curtis J. Crawford	Business	c. 1947		President of XCEO
Manuel A. Fernandez	Business	c. 1948		CEO of Gartner, 1991-98

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Richard W. Boyce	Business	c. 1954		Texas Pacific Group
Larry W. Wangberg	Business	c. 1944		CEO of Ziff-Davis, 1997-2002

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Curtis J. Crawford	Business	c. 1947		President of XCEO
John W. Marren	Business	c. 1963		Partner, Texas Pacific Group

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eric A. Benhamou	Business	c. 1956		CEO of 3Com, 1990-2000
Judith L. Estrin	Business	1954		Packet Design LLC
Eric Schmidt	Business	27-Apr-1955		CEO of Google, 2001-11

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