Leo Apotheker

President and CEO
Hewlett-Packard Company

Apotheker is an international tech figure who is aiming to turn giant HP into a company that marries its hardware to its own operating system, webOS, which it acquired in buying Palm. This could make the company look more like Apple and less like Dell, at least in the consumer space. Prior to joining HP, Apotheker spent 20 years at SAP, where he was integral in helping build the company into one of the world's leading providers of enterprise software. He was also the founding president and COO of ECsoft BV, one of the largest European venture capital start-ups. Apotheker was born in Aachen, Germany and graduated with a B.A. in economics and international relations from Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He is fluent in English, Dutch, French, German and Hebrew and has been awarded the French Légion d'honneur.

Posts With Léo Apotheker

Filing: Without Itanium Chip, HP Is “Strategically Screwed”

But in HP’s view, Oracle sought to blow up its rival’s Business Critical Server business and lure customers to its Sun servers.
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Add Another Log to the Fire: HP Employees Grumble About Loss of Stock Grants

Executives at Hewlett-Packard are upset that a key stock-based benefit has evaporated before their very eyes. Even the man many blame, fired CEO Léo Apotheker, got hit.
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What Have We Learned From the Mark Hurd Letter?

Aret there any larger implications for Hurd or for his current employer, Oracle? Or for the world at large? Maybe it’s just a good teaching moment.
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HP to Limit Severance Payouts for Ousted Executives

Hewlett-Packard Co., still smarting from criticism over the exit packages it awarded to ousted chief executives Mark Hurd and Leo Apotheker, will limit severance payments it makes to senior executives who are pushed out.

Three Months After Bartz’s Firing, It’s Hurry Up and Wait at Yahoo (A Big Honking Update)

Still no sale or investment deal. No new CEO. No Asia resolution. And, perhaps most importantly, no clearly articulated strategy going forward. Other than that …
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Oracle Accuses HP of “Campaign of Secrecy and Deception” Over Itanium

The legal fight between Oracle and HP over the Itanium chip just got a little nastier.
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For HP, a Simple Argument With Oracle Over Intel’s Itanium Chip

Did Oracle agree to support the Itanium chip as part of a deal it reached with HP last year, or not?
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HP’s Look Ahead to 2012 Must Be Not Too Hot, Not Too Cold, but “Just Right”

When it reports quarterly results at the close of markets today, all eyes will be on the guidance that Hewlett-Packard gives for its prospects in 2012. It can’t be to high or too low, but just right.
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HP’s TouchPad: The Tablet That Refused to Die

A new deal bundling HP’s TouchPad tablet with its PCs is probably the device’s last hurrah. For real this time.
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Spinning Off HP’s PC Business Could Have Worked … Couldn’t It?

By hiving off its PC arm, HP might actually have created some value.
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