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Hewlett-Packard

Hewlett-Packard Company
Public
Traded as : HPQ
Industry Computer hardware
Computer software
IT services
IT consulting
Fate Split into two companies
Successor HP Inc.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Founded January 1, 1939; 78 years ago (1939-01-01)
Founders William Redington Hewlett
David Packard
Defunct November 1, 2015 (2015-11-01) (For Hewlett Packard Enterprise). Now operating as, HP Inc.
Headquarters Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Products See list of HP products.
Revenue IncreaseUS$ 138.854 billion (2015)
Increase US$ 9.185 billion (2015)
Increase US$ 7.013 billion (2015)
Total assets Increase US$ 152.406 billion (2015)
Total equity Increase US$ 28.731 billion (2014)
Number of employees
315,000 (Q2, 2015)
Divisions Financing, Hardware, Services, Software
Subsidiaries List of subsidiaries
Website www.hp.com

Coordinates: 37°24′49″N 122°08′42″W / 37.413579°N 122.14508°W / 37.413579; -122.14508

The Hewlett-Packard Company (commonly referred to as HP) or shortened to Hewlett-Packard (HEW-lit PACK-erd) was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components as well as software and related services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William "Bill" Redington Hewlett and David "Dave" Packard, and initially produced a line of electronic test equipment. HP was the world's leading PC manufacturer from 2007 to Q2 2013, after which Lenovo came to rank ahead of HP. It specialized in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines included personal computing devices, enterprise and industry standard servers, related storage devices, networking products, software and a diverse range of printers and other imaging products. HP marketed its products to households, small- to medium-sized businesses and enterprises directly as well as via online distribution, consumer-electronics and office-supply retailers, software partners and major technology vendors. HP also had services and consulting business around its products and partner products.


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