Hewlett & Packard – 1939
William Hewlett, born 1913 and Dave Packard, born 1912 founded ‘HP’ Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 1939.
They invented the oscillator. A machine that could equally test the quality of sound equipment. Soon after, Walt Disney bought 8 oscillators.
HP released an invention they are best known for today which, although was sold as a ‘desk calculator’ to avoid being compared was believed by many as the ‘first personal computer’. This machine could solve technical problems 10 times faster than most other machines. In 2002 HP bought Compaq, this intern made HP the most prominent PC/Server manufacturer in the world.
HP released many other products such as:
• The wristwatch instrument
• Calculators
• PC’s/Touchscreen PC’s/Laptops
• Printers
• Graphics cards
Furthermore, Bill and Dave developed their small garage inventions and turned it into a multi-billion enterprise, supplying to a large percentage of technical demanded worldwide!
Dave Packard died in 1996 and Bill Hewlett in 2001.
