(born ''Cara Carleton Sneed''; September 6 1954 in Austin, Texas ) is an American business executive, best known as former CEO ( 1999 – 2005 ) and Chairman Of The Board ( 2000 – 2005 ) of Hewlett-Packard (HP).
- High school: Charles E. Jordan Senior High School , Durham, North Carolina (Fiorina was at Jordan for only her Senior year due to her father's frequent relocations during this time)
- Worked as a receptionist at Marcus & Millichap and was a broker briefly. During her speech at the 2006 ICSC convention in Las Vegas, Ms. Fiorina noted that her time at Marcus & Millichap helped her learn how to navigate the business world.
- Taught English in Italy (her first husband's career had taken them to that country)
Fiorina joined AT&T in 1980 as a management trainee and rose to become a Senior Vice President.
Throughout her career at HP, Fiorina was a very visible CEO. Her business travel included interactions with Hollywood entertainers and politicians. Her actions prompted the San Jose Mercury News to speculate that she might later run for election to public office.
In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal .
In 2002 , Fiorina proposed a controversial Merger with rival company Compaq . She campaigned for this plan and it was implemented amid some controversy. After the merger, quarterly results were inconsistent, leading to several sharp sell-offs in the shares. After the merger, HP saw an exodus of top managerial talent, mostly from the Compaq side, including Michael Capellas , Jeff Clarke , Mary McDowell, and the forced resignation of Peter Blackmore. HP's combined PC business was number one for the year following the merger until Dell Computer Corp (now Dell, Inc.) regained the top spot. HP's services lost market share to IBM , relying upon its lucrative printer division to remain profitable.
- October 2002: Received the Appeal of Conscience Award from the Appeal of Conscience Foundation "for her commitment to education, freedom and tolerance."http://www.appealofconscience.org/news/article.cfm?id=100028
- November 2003: Concern Worldwide "Seeds of Hope" Award http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/concern03.html "in recognition of her worldwide efforts to make global citizenship a priority for business."
- February 2004: Appointed to the President's Commission on Moon, Mars and Beyond, which released its final report on June 16, 2004. http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/moontomars/about/members.asp
- April 2004: Listed in the Time 100 "People Who Shape Our World."http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/2004/time100/builders/100fiorina.html
- May 2004: Leadership Award from the Private Sector Council for her "contributions to improving the business of government."http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/speeches/fiorina/psc2004.html
- June 2004: Appointed one of the 70 members of the Corporation (the board of trustees) at Massachusetts Institute Of Technology for a three-year term. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2004/corporation-0609.html Reappointed for a five year term in June, 2007. http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/corp-new-members-tt0613.html
- 2004: Named to the 2004/2005 Foundation Board of the World Economic Forum http://www.weforum.org/pdf/AnnualReport/2005/our_organization.pdf
- May 2007. Named to Board of Trustees for the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Achievements in the Arab World. http://www.weforum.org/pdf/summitreports/middleeast2007/society.htm
As of July 2007, she was on the boards of the Initiative for Global Development, Vital Voices, Freedom House , Business Executives for National Security, the Defense Business Board, the Centers For Disease Control , Massachusetts Institute Of Technology , as well as the National Symphony Orchestra and Ford's Theatre . She also serves as the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the Central Intelligence Agency and as Chairman of the Fiorina Foundation, a philanthropic organization. http://www.washingtonspeakers.com/SpeakerInfo/Bios/FiorinaCarly.doc
- Fiorina's father, Joseph T. Sneed III , was a constitutional law scholar and is a federal judge. Her mother Madelon Juergens Sneed was a portrait and abstract artist, and she has two siblings.
- Married first husband Todd Bartlem, a Stanford classmate, in June 1977.
- Anders, George. ''Perfect Enough: Carly Fiorina and the Reinvention of Hewlett-Packard''. New York: Penguin Group, 2003. ISBN 1-59184-003-1.
- Burrows, Peter. ''Backfire: Carly Fiorina's High-Stakes Battle for the Soul of Hewlett-Packard''. Wiley, 2003. ISBN 0-47126-765-1.
- Fiorina, Carly. ''Tough Choices: A Memoir''. Portfolio Hardcover, 2006. (hardcover: ISBN 1-59184-133-X, abridged audiobook: ISBN 0-14305-907-6)
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