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David Packard

1912 - 1996

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David Packard ( PAK-ərd; September 7, 1912 – March 26, 1996) was an American electrical engineer and co-founder, with Bill Hewlett, of Hewlett-Packard (1939), serving as president (1947–64), CEO (1964–68), and chairman of the board (1964–68, 1972–93) of HP. He served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1971 during the Nixon administration. Packard served as president of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) from 1976 to 1981 and chairman of its board of regents from 1973 to 1982. He was a member of the Trilateral Commission. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Packard has received more than 1,055,464 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. David Packard is the 242nd most popular businessperson (down from 168th in 2019), the 2,719th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,127th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, David Packard ranks 242 out of 601. Before him are Daniel Peter, Ivar Kreuger, Max Factor, Julius Maggi, David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, and Katharine Graham. After him are John C. Bogle, Kirk Kerkorian, Friedrich Bayer, John Jacob Astor, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, and Ludvig Nobel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, David Packard ranks 117. Before him are Joachim Schepke, Nancy Wake, Kaneto Shindo, Domingos da Guia, Martha Scott, and Feroze Gandhi. After him are Isidro Lángara, Gil Evans, Thorbjørn Egner, Wendy Hiller, Josef Blösche, and Marta Eggerth. Among people deceased in 1996, David Packard ranks 93. Before him are Stavros Niarchos, Karl Frenzel, Amos Tversky, Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho, Jonathan Larson, and Dan Flavin. After him are Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Christopher Robin Milne, Gerry Mulligan, Hyman Minsky, Idries Shah, and Leo Joseph Suenens.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Packard ranks 2,719 out of 18,182. Before him are Cindy Sherman (1954), Lee Krasner (1908), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), Bonnie Bedelia (1948), Bruce Campbell (1958), and Djuna Barnes (1892). After him are Zoë Wanamaker (1949), Coolio (1963), Maurice Sendak (1928), Bill Viola (1951), Archie Shepp (1937), and Thomas F. Wilson (1959).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, David Packard ranks 81. Before him are Charlie Munger (1924), Erin Brockovich (1960), Hetty Green (1834), Alice Walton (1949), Steve Fossett (1944), and Katharine Graham (1917). After him are John C. Bogle (1929), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), Ivy Lee (1877), Bill Hewlett (1913), Rex Tillerson (1952), and Douglas Tompkins (1943).

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