Catherine "Cathie" A. Lesjak was the
chief financial officer (CFO) of
HP Inc.
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs), printers and related supplies, as well as 3D printing solutions.
It was formed on Novembe ...
She became CFO of
Hewlett‑Packard Company on January 1, 2007 and was the interim CEO from August 6, 2010 to November 1, 2010. During her tenure as interim CEO, HP paid a record 325 times EBITA for 3PAR in a bidding war with Dell Computer. HP also paid 57 times EBITA for ArcSight Inc. She served as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Hewlett-Packard Company since June 2003. Lesjak served as a Director of Neoware Inc. since October 2007. Her salary for 2009 was $589,063.00.
Lesjak completed her bachelor's degree in Biology (
Stanford University) and her MBA in Finance (
Haas School of Business
The Walter A. Haas School of Business, also known as Berkeley Haas, is the business school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It was the first business school at a public university i ...
). ''Forbes'' magazine has ranked her 32nd among the world's 100 most powerful women.
References
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Living people
American women chief executives
American computer businesspeople
Haas School of Business alumni
Stanford University alumni
Hewlett-Packard people
Women chief financial officers
American technology chief executives
American chief financial officers
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women