Bill Hewlett

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Bill Hewlett was an American engineer and entrepreneur best known as the co-founder of the technology company Hewlett-Packard (HP).

Aliases (2)
  • William R. Hewlett ×3
  • William Redington Hewlett ×1

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instanceOf businessperson
electrical engineer
engineer
entrepreneur
human
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts in Electrical Engineering
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
awardReceived Hoover Medal
IEEE Founders Medal
John Fritz Medal
National Medal of Science
Sylvanus Thayer Award
birthDate 1913-05-20
birthPlace Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
businessPartner David Packard
causeOfDeath heart failure
coFounded Hewlett-Packard
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2001-01-12
educatedAt Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanford University
employer Hewlett-Packard
familyName Hewlett
fieldOfWork business management
electrical engineering
electronics
founded Hewlett-Packard
fullName William Redington Hewlett
gender male
givenName William
influenced Silicon Valley corporate culture
management by walking around
knownFor co-founding Hewlett-Packard
developing the HP 200A audio oscillator
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Academy of Engineering
militaryService United States Army
nationality American
notableWork HP 200A audio oscillator
numberOfChildren 5
placeOfDeath Palo Alto, California, United States
positionHeld Chairman of Hewlett-Packard
Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard
President of Hewlett-Packard
religion Protestantism
residence Palo Alto, California, United States
San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
spouse Flora Lamson Hewlett

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hewlett Foundation ("William R. Hewlett")
Hewlett-Packard
foundedBy
The HP Way: How Bill Hewlett and I Built Our Company
aboutPerson
Bill Hewlett ("William Redington Hewlett")
fullName
Industrial Research Institute Medal ("William R. Hewlett")
hasRecipient
Hewlett Foundation ("William R. Hewlett")
namedAfter

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