hewlett-packard Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) or HP is an American multinational information technology corporation headquartered in Palo Alto, California, United States that provides products, technologies, software, solutions and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William (Bill) Redington Hewlett and Dave Packard. HP was the world's leading PC manufacturer until 2010, losing the position to Apple Inc in 2011. It specializes in developing and manufacturing computing, data storage, and networking hardware, designing software and delivering services. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Hewlett-Packard) 10 12 0.6 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/sites/all/datacharts/hc/15948-chart-wp.html