Fable: Superstars
by David Manners · Electronics Weekly.comA semiconductor company founded in 1962 was bought by National Semiconductor in 1967 which, two years before, had been bought by a group of investors led by Peter Sprague.
Fortunately for National, the acquired company employed a pair of genius designers who got National into the analogue IC market to great, and lucrative, effect.
Moral: Superstars make the difference