Hewlett-Packard (hp)

Official Website: hp.com

The Hewlett-Packard Company was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. It developed and provided a wide variety of hardware components as well as software and related services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors.

CEO: Dion Weisler (Nov 1, 2015–)

Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States

Revenue: 138.9 billion USD (2015)

Founders: David Packard, William Redington Hewlett.

 

David Packard: David Packard was an electrical engineer and co-founder, with William Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard, serving as president, CEO, and Chairman of the Board. He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1971 during the Nixon administration.

Born: September 7, 1912, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Died: March 26, 1996, Stanford, California, United States

Spouse: Lucile Packard (m. 1938–1987)

 

William Redington Hewlett: William "Bill" Redington Hewlett was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company.

Born: May 20, 1913, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Died: January 12, 2001, Palo Alto, California, United States

Spouse: Flora Lamson Hewlett (m. 1939–1977)

Parents: Albion Walter Hewlett

Education: Stanford University (1939).

 

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BlackBerry.

Official Website: blackberry.com

BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited, is a Canadian-based multinational wireless telecommunications software and mobile hardware company best known to the general public as the developer of the BlackBerry brand of smartphones and tablets, but is transitioning to becoming a worldwide provider of secure and high reliability software for industrial applications and mobile device management.

CEO: John S. Chen (Nov 4, 2013–)

Headquarters: Waterloo, Canada

Revenue: 2.16 billion USD (2016)

Founders: Douglas Fregin, Mike Lazaridis.

Founded: 07 March 1984.

 

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Motorola

Official Website: motorola.com

Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, United States. After having lost $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009, the company was divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011. Motorola Solutions is generally considered to be the direct successor to Motorola, Inc., as the reorganization was structured with Motorola Mobility being spun off. Motorola Mobility was acquired by Lenovo in 2014.

Customer service: 1800 102 2344

Headquarters: Schaumburg, Illinois, United States

Founded: September 25, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Ceased operations: January 4, 2011

Parent organization: Lenovo

Founders: Joseph Galvin, Paul Galvin

Fates: Motorola Solutions, Motorola Mobility.


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Nokia

Official Website: nokia.com
 

Nokia Corporation, stylised as NOKIA, is a Finnish multinational communications and information technology company, founded in 1865. Nokia is headquartered in Espoo, Uusimaa, in the greater Helsinki metropolitan area. In 2014, Nokia employed 61,656 people across 120 countries, did business in more than 150 countries and reported annual revenues of around €12.73 billion. Nokia is a public limited company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and New York Stock Exchange.

 

CEO: Rajeev Suri (May 1, 2014–)

Headquarters: Espoo, Finland

Founded: 12 May 1865.

Subsidiaries: Alcatel-Lucent, Withings, Nokia Networks, Bell Labs, more

Founders: Fredrik Idestam, Leo Mechelin.

 

Fredrik Idestam: Knut Fredrik Idestam was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866.

Born: October 28, 1838, Häme Province

Died: April 8, 1916, Helsinki, Finland

Education: Freiberg University of Mining and Technology.

 

 

Leo Mechelin: Leopold Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin was a Finnish professor, statesman, senator and liberal reformer.

Born: November 24, 1839, Hamina, Finland

Died: January 26, 1914, Helsinki, Finland

Parents: Gustaf Johan Mechelin, Amanda Gustava Costiander

Education: University of Helsinki.

  

 

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Microsoft Corporation.

Official Website: microsoft.com

Microsoft Corporation  is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, Microsoft Office office suite, and Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface tablet lineup. As of 2011, it was the world's largest software maker by revenue, and one of the world's most valuable companies.

Customer service: 1800 102 1100

Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States

Founded: April 4, 1975, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Revenue: 85.32 billion USD (2016)

Founders: Bill Gates, Paul Allen

Owners: Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer.

 

Bill Gates: William Henry "Bill" Gates III is an American business magnate, investor, author and philanthropist. In 1975, Gates and Paul Allen co-founded Microsoft, which became the world's largest PC software company.

Born: October 28, 1955, Seattle, Washington, United States

Net worth: 82.2 billion USD (2016) Forbes

Spouse: Melinda Gates (m. 1994)

Children: Jennifer Katharine Gates, Rory John Gates, Phoebe Adele Gates

Education: Harvard College (1973–1975), Lakeside School (1967–1973).

 

Paul Allen: Paul Gardner Allen is an American business magnate, investor and philanthropist. He is best known as the co-founder of Microsoft, alongside Bill Gates.

 

Born: January 21, 1953, Seattle, Washington, United States

Net worth: 19 billion USD (2016) Forbes

Organizations founded: Microsoft Corporation, Vulcan, more

Books: Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

Education: Lakeside School, Washington State University.

 

 

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Tata Group.

Official Website: tata.com

 

Tata Group is an Indian multinational conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It was founded in 1868 by Jamsetji Tata and gained international recognition after purchasing several global companies. It is India's largest conglomerate. In 2015-16, the revenue of Tata companies, taken together, is $103.51 billion. These companies collectively employ over 660,000 people. Each Tata company or enterprise operates independently under the guidance and supervision of its own board of directors and shareholders. There are 30 publicly-listed Tata enterprises with a combined market capitalisation of about $116 billion as of March 2016. Tata companies with significant scale include Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Power, Tata Chemicals, Tata Global Beverages, Tata Teleservices, Titan, Tata Communications and Taj Group.

 

Customer service: 022 6665 8282

Owner: Tata Sons

Revenue: 103.5 billion USD (2016)

Founder: Jamsetji Tata

Founded: 1868, Mumbai

Headquarters: Mumbai

Jamsetji Tata: Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata was an Indian pioneer industrialist, who founded the Tata Group, India's biggest conglomerate company. He was born to a Parsi Zoroastrian family in Navsari then part of the princely state of Baroda. He founded what would later become the Tata Group of companies. Tata is regarded as the legendary "Father of Indian Industry.

 

Born: March 3, 1839, Navsari

Died: May 19, 1904, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Education: Elphinstone College

Parents: Jeevanbai Tata, Nusserwanji Tata

Children: Dorabji Tata, Ratanji Tata

Organizations founded: Tata Group, Tata Steel, Tata Sons, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Indian Institute of Science, more.

 

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Reliance Industries.

Official Website: ril.com

 

Reliance Industries Limited is an Indian conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Reliance owns businesses across India engaged in energy, petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and telecommunications. 

CEO: Mukesh Ambani (Jul 31, 2002–)

Revenue: 2.96 trillion INR (US$44 billion, 2016)

Founder: Dhirubhai Ambani

Subsidiaries: Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL), Network 18, Reliance Petroleum.

 

Dhirubhai Ambani :  Dhirajlal Hirachand "Dhirubhai" Ambani was an Indian business tycoon who founded Reliance Industries in Bombay with his cousin. He had been figured in the The Sunday Times top 50 businessmen in Asia.

Born: December 28, 1932, Chorvad

Died: July 6, 2002, Mumbai

Spouse: Kokilaben Ambani

Organizations founded: Reliance Industries, more

Parents: Hirachand Gordhanbhai Ambani, Jamnaben

Children: Mukesh Ambani, Anil Ambani, Deepti Salgaonkar, Nina Kothari.

  

 

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