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Hewlett was a Director for Hexcel Products Incorporated (became Hexcel, founded by his wife Flora's brother in law Roscoe "Bud" Hughes) from 1956 to 1965, and worked on their executive committee. Hewlett was a Director of Chase Manhattan Bank (became JPMorgan Chase) from 1969 to 1980. Hewlett was also elected to the board of directors for ...
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard (/ ˈhjuːlɪtˈpækərd / HYEW-lit PAK-ərd) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. HP developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components, as well as software and related services to consumers, small ...
Hewlett-Packard was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, who both graduated with degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1935. The company started off in the HP Garage in Palo Alto, California. On November 1, 2015, Hewlett-Packard was split into two companies.
HP was founded way back in 1939, and Jobs admired the innovation that the company stood for back in his day, even saying he idolized Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. Apple wouldn't be founded until ...
The Rules were first articulated in 1999 by then HP CEO Carly Fiorina - during her tenure as then HP CEO - and they were later used in a Hewlett-Packard ad campaign. [1] The name was a reference to David Packard's garage in Palo Alto, in which Packard and Bill Hewlett first founded the company after graduating from nearby Stanford University in ...
Here's the Gutsy Way 12-Year-Old Steve Jobs Landed a Summer Job at HP. Cold calling usually gets you nowhere. Unless you happen to have the pluck of pre-teen Steve Jobs, and a copy of the Palo ...
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, commonly known as the Hewlett Foundation, is a private foundation, established by Hewlett-Packard cofounder William Redington Hewlett and his wife Flora Lamson Hewlett in 1966. [3] The Hewlett Foundation awards grants to a variety of liberal and progressive causes. [4][5]
CEO: John A. Young (1978–October 31, 1992) CEO: Lewis Platt (November 1, 1992–July 18, 1999; Chairman 1993–July 18, 1999) Chairman: Richard Hackborn (January, 2000–September 22, 2000; Lead Independent Director September 22, 2006–) CEO: Carly Fiorina (July 19, 1999–February 9, 2005; Chairwoman September 22, 2000–February 9, 2005)