Silly me I thought Intel was a chip company. Turns out it's an "engine of financial performance."
Instead of doubling transistors every two years, look out, new Sheriff in town -- Gelsinger's law : the staff roster halves every two years!
We predict in the coming decades, Intel will consist of a single CEO producing microchips with over a quintillion transistors!
What other expectations do you have of Intel?
The amount of engine metaphors I could toss into this discussion are endless.
While you can't escape thinking about financial metrics, the goal should be something like creating great products, building a competitive barrier etc. Financials can act as a constraint rather than a goal.
A concrete example is Costco.
Even here, Gelsinger puts it last, which is sort of reads like a constraint. Seems fair.
Customers, employees, and owners.
I don't have a strong opinion about whether customers or employees come first, but owners should be last.
I expect them to follow the Silicon Valley maxim of "Build the best product instead of focusing on making the most amount of money".