The Board of Directors of HP has landed on Thursday its chief executive, Leo Apotheker, after less than a year of service. The former boss of eBay, Meg Whitman, succeeded him. Meg Whitman is the new boss of Hewlett Packard. The board of directors of the first computer maker has landed Thursday its chief executive Leo Apotheker, after less than a year of service, replacing the former head of Ebay. Since last year, it was on the board of the world's number one computer.
"We're fortunate to have someone of the caliber of Meg Whitman, with his experience, to lead HP," said Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ray Lane, in a statement. "We are at a difficult time and we need a new management for the successful implementation of our strategy and exploit market opportunities."
Wednesday, the title of HP jumped more than 7% on Wall Street after several Anglo-Saxon media (AllThingsD, Reuters and Bloomberg) have in turn reported this information.
End of September 2010, HP had appointed to head the group Leo Apotheker, a former CEO of German software company SAP, to succeed Mark Hurd, who was ousted in an expense report inaccurate. The IT group has had seven different CEOs since 1999.
"We're fortunate to have someone of the caliber of Meg Whitman, with his experience, to lead HP," said Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ray Lane, in a statement. "We are at a difficult time and we need a new management for the successful implementation of our strategy and exploit market opportunities."
Wednesday, the title of HP jumped more than 7% on Wall Street after several Anglo-Saxon media (AllThingsD, Reuters and Bloomberg) have in turn reported this information.
End of September 2010, HP had appointed to head the group Leo Apotheker, a former CEO of German software company SAP, to succeed Mark Hurd, who was ousted in an expense report inaccurate. The IT group has had seven different CEOs since 1999.
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