Speaker
Léo 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
HP’s Head of Cloud Computing Zorawar “Biri” Singh Departs
No word yet on where he’s going.
HP CEO Whitman Earned $15 Million in 2012, Filing Shows
Also, HP shareholders will vote to allow large shareholders to have access to the proxy statements they see in the future.
Former HP CEO Shifts Blame for Autonomy Deal to Chairman
Léo Apotheker wants you to know he wasn’t the only one at the table when HP closed its ill-fated deal to acquire Autonomy.
Why Mike Lynch Is Playing PR Hardball With HP
You’d think Mike Lynch would have gone silent and hidden behind a team of lawyers by now. Why hasn’t he?
Autonomy Founder Lynch Asks Board to Explain HP Allegations
In an open letter, the Autonomy founder want’s “immediate and specific explanations” about accusations of accounting improprieties.
Autonomy Founder Lynch Blames Accounting Standards in HP Flap
When in doubt, blame international accounting standards.
Oracle’s Ellison Vindicated in Autonomy PR Flap by HP’s $8.8 Billion Writedown
It seems Larry Ellison was on to something when he said the price HP paid for Autonomy was “absurdly high.” And what about those slides?
Eight Questions for Hewlett-Packard Software Head George Kadifa
His job is simple: Grow HP’s software business. Getting it done won’t be easy.
Trouble Down Under: Why HP CEO Meg Whitman Was in Australia Last Week
Hint: It certainly wasn’t for fun.
Should HP Break Up or Stay Together?
One analyst makes a strong case that Hewlett-Packard would be better in pieces. Expect more of these.