COMPANY

Personal computer company founded in February 1982 by former Texas Instruments employees Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto. Acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2002.

Official Website:
http://www.compaq.com/

Industry:
Computer

Ticker:
CPQ (defunct)

Corporate headquarters:
Houston, TX

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Michael D. Capellas	Business	19-Aug-1955		CEO of First Data
Timothy D. Cook	Business	1-Nov-1960		CEO of Apple
R. Ted Enloe III	Business	c. 1939		Liberte Investors
Jesse J. Greene, Jr.	Business	c. 1945		Chief Financial Risk Officer at IBM, 2007-10
Sandra L. Helton	Business	c. 1949		CFO of Telephone & Data, 1998-2006
Yvonne R. Jackson	Business	c. 1948		Senior VP at Pfizer, 2002-05
Michael D. Lambert	Business	c. 1947		Senior VP at Dell, 1996-2002
Eckhard Pfeiffer	Business	20-Aug-1941		CEO of Compaq, 1991-99
Kasper Rorsted	Business	24-Feb-1962		EVP at Henkel
Edward M. Straw	Military	c. 1939		Former US Navy Vice Admiral
Chase Untermeyer	Diplomat	7-Mar-1946		US Ambassador to Qatar

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Lawrence T. Babbio, Jr.	Business	c. 1944		President of Verizon
Michael D. Capellas	Business	19-Aug-1955		CEO of First Data
Judith B. Craven	Administrator	c. 1944		Former United Way official
R. Ted Enloe III	Business	c. 1939		Liberte Investors
Peter N. Larson	Business	1939		CEO of Brunswick, 1995-2000
Ken Lay	Business	15-Apr-1942	5-Jul-2006	CEO of Enron, 1986-2002
Sanford M. Litvack	Attorney	c. 1937		General Counsel of Disney, 1991-98
Tom Perkins	Business	1932		Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins
Lucille S. Salhany	Business	?		CEO of UPN, 1994-97

EMPLOYMENT

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Gail E. Hamilton	Business	c. 1951		Former EVP at Symantec
Thomas J. Iannotti	Business	c. 1957		Managing Director Americas, HP

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