Bill Hewlett

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businessperson electrical engineer engineer entrepreneur human

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

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
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