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Hewlett-Packard The original Silicon Valley pioneers, the pair used their Stanford degrees to turn their garage-based business into one of the largest computer manufacturing companies in the world. They began by developing specialized measuring devices, eventually producing the hugely popular HP-35, a programmable scientific calculator. During World War II, they begin to design microwave products, beginning with a radar-jamming device. The company continues to grow as its founders articulate a management philosophy that comes to be known as “the HP Way.” The philosophy emphasizes employee empowerment and includes one of the earliest profit-sharing plans. Eventually, the company focuses on desktop and minicomputers, then branches out into printers and other computing devices. William Hewlett computer industry pioneerBorn: 1913 Birthplace: Ann Arbor, Mich. Founded the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation in 1996 as a vehicle for the couple's philanthropic endeavors. Died: 2001David Packard computer industry pioneerBorn: 9/7/1912 Birthplace: Pueblo, Colo. Died: 3/26/1996 Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. More on Hewlett-Packard from Fact Monster:
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