HP Facts

Top 10 HP Facts that you should know

What is HP? Hewlett-Packard (HP) is a supplier of a wide range of hardware and software services in computers, printers, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), and large enterprises that include government, education, and health sectors.
HP Website: https://www8.hp.com/us/en/home.html
HP Founder(s): Bill Hewlett and David Packard
Year of HP’s founding: January 1, 1939
Name of the Company: Hewlett-Packard HP Inc.
HP Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States
The number of HP employees: 56,000 (as of 2019).
Annual revenue of HP: $56.8 billion
Earnings from HP net: $3.152 billion (as of 2019).
Top 5 HP-related products: Acer, Epson, Lenovo, Acer, Acer, Asus, Asus, and Acer

HP product ranges include Printers, Software and cloud products, Digital cameras, scanners, Computer products (Tablets, Pocket computers, Desktops, Notebooks), mobile phones, and servers.
Hewlett-Packard Patents: 37,000 Worldwide
HP acquisitions: HP has acquired 104 companies. In September 2019, Bromium Inc. was the latest acquisition.
HP is a company that recycles most of its products from plastics. They are currently focusing on ocean plastics and have sourced more than 1.7M pounds of ocean-bound material since June 2020.
History of HP: Bill Hewlett, David Packard, and their research began in a garage near Palo Alto. They developed the Model 200A audio oscillator, and Walt Disney bought it. After a coin toss, the company name was Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett. Their garage, where they used to work before, is now known as the “Birthplace of Silicon Valley.”