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HP founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard fact check

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“HP was founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard.”
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Confidence: High Checked on September 22, 2026

Summary

Hewlett-Packard (HP) was founded in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave (David) Packard in a garage in Palo Alto, California. This founding information is consistently reported across several reputable historical and corporate sources.

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lemelson.mit.edu
  • William Hewlett and David Packard | Lemelson

    We tried to develop an atmosphere that encourages creativity and innovation," commented William Hewlett, co-recipient of the 1995 Lemelson-MIT Lifetime Achievement Award with David Packard. Co-founders of the Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett and Packard changed the technological landscape with ...

en.wikipedia.org
  • Hewlett-Packard - Wikipedia

    The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard (/ˈhjuːlɪt ˈpækərd/ HEW-lit PAK-ərd) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company. It was founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard in 1939 in a one-car garage in Palo Alto, California.

  • Bill Hewlett - Wikipedia

    The company incorporated in 1947 and tendered an initial public offering in 1957. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were proud of their company culture which came to be known as The HP Way. The HP Way is a corporate culture that claimed to be centered not only on making money but also on respecting ...

computerhistory.org
hewlett.org
  • William Redington Hewlett

    This quiet, self-effacing man, together with his longtime friend and partner, David Packard, changed the world and helped usher in the modern technological age. Their co-founding of the Hewlett-Packard Company in 1939 (Hewlett won the coin-toss to decide which name would come first and which ...

hpmemoryproject.org
  • History and Facts: The beginning

    Bill and Dave went to work in the garage behind the house that Dave and Lucile Packard rented at 367 Addison Avenue in Palo Alto, California. On January 1, 1939 they created the Hewlett Packard Company with a $538 working capital. The prototype built by Bill Hewlett for his Stanford University ...

hpalumni.org
hp.com
  • The History of HP | HP® Official Site

    In the 1930s, American culture was dominated by sound film and radio. These technologies were made possible by electronic signaling. It’s easy to see why young Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were drawn to study electrical engineering at Stanford University.

hpe.com
  • History | HPE

    Today Hewlett Packard Enterprise is one of the world’s leading enterprise technology companies. ... Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard became friends at Stanford University before forming a two-person company in a rented garage—the original Silicon Valley startup.

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