Birth Day: 1913-05-20

Place of birth: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

William (Bill) Hewlett was an American engineer and businessman who, along with his partner David Packard, co-founded the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP) in 1939. Their partnership, famously launched in a Palo Alto garage with just $538 in capital, is widely considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.

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