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American businesswoman and politician (born 1954)

Cara Carleton "Carly" Fiorina (; née Sneed; born September 6, 1954) is an American businesswoman and politician, known primarily for her tenure as chief executive officer (CEO) of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 1999 to 2005.

Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Fortune Top-20 company.^[1]

Fiorina started her career at AT&T and subsequently worked at Lucent Technologies, where she led the joint venture with Philips.

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In 2002, Fiorina oversaw what was then the largest technology sector merger in history, in which HP acquired rival personal computer manufacturer, Compaq. The transaction made HP the world's largest seller of personal computers.^[2][3] HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees.

Nonetheless, the number of employees exceeded the pre-merger figure and grew to 150,000 during her tenure.^[4][5][6] In February 2005, she was forced t Carly Fiorina’s HP record clouds her campaign launch - CNN BEQAZ