| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : AUGUST 2, 1999 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| COVER STORY
Leadership over the Years DAVID PACKARD & BILL HEWLETT 1938-1978 ''Bill and Dave'' set up shop in a tiny Palo Alto (Calif.) garage in 1938--and built a company that became the model for thousands of subsequent Silicon Valley startups. With equal parts technical and business genius, they created an informal, egalitarian culture where brilliant engineers could shine. JOHN YOUNG 1978-1992 Young oversaw HP's rise into a major computer company--something AT&T, Honeywell, RCA, and other first-generation electronics companies failed to do. But as the 1990s began, Young's efforts to corral HP's independent units led to bureaucracy that got HP badly bogged down. LEW PLATT 1992-1999 A well-liked engineer who joined HP in 1966, he was an operations expert and devoted practitioner of the HP Way--perfect qualifications to oversee HP's growth in the mid-1990s. But when PC prices and Asian sales tanked in 1997, HP wasn't prepared for the next big wave: the Internet. CARLY FIORINA 1999 She helped turn Lucent Technologies from a stodgy maker of telecom equipment into a high-flying Net stock--exactly the task at hand at HP. Known for her brand-building and leadership skills, she joins HP when it has a head of steam in its main markets as well as a new direction for the Net. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BACK TO TOP |
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 RELATED ITEMS HP's Carly Fiorina: The Boss COVER IMAGE: The Boss RESUME: Cara Carleton S. Fiorina PHOTO: Carly Fiorina, as a Child CHART: Profits May Rebound...And Sales Should Rise...So HP Shares Are Surging TABLE: Making a New HP Way TABLE: HP's Executive Branch TABLE: Leadership over the Years Online Original: Lew Platt on HP's Ups and Downs--and the HP Way Online Original: Why Fiorina Convinced "an Icon" to Become Chairman Online Original: HP's Stock Rocket Will Need Some Refueling INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online | |||
