William Redington Hewlett (/ ˈhjuːlɪt / HEW-lit; May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an American engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Hewlett was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where his father taught at the University of Michigan Medical School.

William “Bill” Hewlett (1913-2001) helped launch the computing giant Hewlett-Packard in 1939 with his friend and fellow Stanford alum David Packard. Their startup in a Palo Alto garage became one of the founding stories of Silicon Valley.

2025年1月8日 · William Hewlett was an American engineer and businessman who cofounded the electronics and computer corporation Hewlett-Packard Company (HP). Hewlett served as HP’s CEO (1969–78), chairman of the executive committee (1977–83), vice chairman of the board (1983–87), and director emeritus (from 1987).

Bill Hewlett was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable men, and one of America’s most uncommon. 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.

Meet William Redington (Bill) Hewlett, the co-founder of HP who established one of America's wealthiest foundations.

In 1966, after a decade of exploring alternative vehicles for philanthropy, Bill Hewlett, at the age of 53, formed the foundation. The founding board members were Bill, Flora, and their eldest son Walter, a 22-year-old Harvard graduate who planned …

HEWLETT, William Redington ("Bill") ( b. 20 May 1913 in Ann Arbor , Michigan; d. 12 January 2001 in Palo Alto , California), and David PACKARD ( b. 7 September 1912 in Pueblo, Colorado; d. 26 March 1996 in Stanford, California), electronics engineers, inventors, and businessmen who helped build Hewlett-Packard into one of the world's largest ...

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard were the founders of Hewlett-Packard who started from a garage and emerged as a success story in technology and innovation.