Hewlett-Packard Company or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses 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 Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard. Currently, HP is the world's leading PC manufacturer, operating in nearly every country. It specializes in developing and... manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. Major product lines include 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 markets 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.
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| NYSE symbol: | HPQ |
| Founded: | 1939 |
| Founders: | William Reddington Hewlett, David Packard |
| Headquarters: | Palo Alto, California |
| Legal structure: | Corporation |
| Annual revenue: | $91,600,000,000 |
| Net income: | $8,329,000,000 |
| Operating income: | $7,264,000,000 |
| Market cap: | $130,000,000,000 |
| Employees: | 156,000 |
| Industries: | Computer hardware, Computer software, Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC, Other Computer Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing, Electronic Computer Manufacturing |