HP's Ultimate Board of Directors

Founders: Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard

CEO & Chairman of the Board: Mark V. Hurd

Industry: HP creates software and other products for the computer industry.

Board of Directors: HP's Board of Directors are as followed: Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr., Sari M. Baldauf, Richard A. Hackborn, John H. Hammergren, Mark V. Hurd, Joel Z. Hyatt, John R. Joyce, Robert L. Ryan, Lucille S. Salhany and G. Kennedy Thompson

Notable Accomplishments: High speed frequency counter (1951)—used by radio stations to meet FCC requirements; the cesium-beam standard clock (1964)—which sets international time standards; the first desktop calculator (1968;) the first scientific hand-held calculator (1972); the first desktop mainframe computer (1982), HP Laserjet printer, Snapfish and acquiring Scietex Vision.

HP Overview

HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work.

No other company offers as complete a technology product portfolio as HP. We provide infrastructure and business offerings that span from handheld devices to some of the world's most powerful supercomputer installations. We offer consumers a wide range of products and services from digital photography to digital entertainment and from computing to home printing. This comprehensive portfolio helps us match the right products, services and solutions to our customers' specific needs.

HP News On the Net

• The board of directors of HP has declared a regular cash dividend of 8 cents per share on the company's common stock.
• HP today announced that the HP board of directors has approved an amendment to the company's bylaws regarding stockholder rights plans and that the company has adopted a new long-term executive compensation program, confirming its longstanding policy on performance-based pay.
• Visit HP for more information about the executive team.
• HP CEO Thoko Mokgosi-Mwantembe of South Africa won top businesswoman of 2007.
• HP CEO, Mark Hurd speaks to CIOs and CEOs at the HP Technology Services Group Industry Analyst Summit in Boston giving beneficial advice about "Transforming IT in the midst of business expansion."

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