You are on page 1of 1

Ups and downs at HP

Tech giant Hewlett-Packard, long known as an innovator, has seen major changes over the past 15 years. The line represents the stock price over that time.

July 14, 2000


$66.91

$70

2007:

TouchSmart PC and touch-screen consumer tablet PC are introduced

2009:

purchases Palm for about $1.2 billion

2010: HP

$63

1999: Carly

Fiorina is named CEO; replaces Lewis Platt

HP creates the worlds first Webconnected home printer

$56

2010:

Hurd resigns as CEO in August

$49

1998: HP introduces its first PDA, the Jornada 820 2002: 2001:
HP and Compaq officially merge

HP Plasma and LCD flat-screen TVs and a new digital entertain2005: ment Fiorina center hit the market steps down

2004:

$42

2010: Lo $35 Apotheker becomes 2011: CEO TouchPad Nov. 1 on sale $28 July 1
$21

William Hewlett, HP cofounder, dies Jan. 12

2005:

1996:

Mark Hurd is named CEO

$14

David Packard, HP cofounder, dies March 26

Oct. 4, 2002
$11.45

$7

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

Source: HP.com, USA TODAY research

By Kris Kinkade, Rachel Roubein and Jae Yang, USA TODAY

You might also like