Mark Hurd served as Chairman & CEO of HP Inc. for a verified duration of 5 years 4 months (1,953 days), from Apr 1, 2005 until Aug 6, 2010. During this tenure, Mark Hurd guided HP Inc. across major corporate milestones before resigning as chief executive.
Executive Succession & Corporate Facts
- Predecessor
- Carly Fiorina (President & CEO)
- Successor
- Not recorded
- Database Tenure Rank
- #67 Longest-Serving CEO in Database (View Full Rankings →)
- Company Founded
- Jan 1, 1939 (Palo Alto, California)
- Known Aliases
- Mark Vincent Hurd
Tenure Milestones & Transition Timeline
Mark Hurd Appointed CEO and President of Hewlett-Packard
Former NCR CEO Mark Hurd was named Chief Executive Officer of HP, focusing on operational rigor, margin expansion, and overhead reduction.
HP Boardroom Pretexting Leak Investigation Disclosed to SEC
News broke that HP hired private investigators who used false pretenses (pretexting) to spy on board members and journalists to discover leakers, prompting congressional hearings.
HP Completes $13.9 Billion Acquisition of Electronic Data Systems (EDS)
Hurd closed the purchase of IT services leader EDS, more than doubling HP's services workforce and revenues to challenge IBM Global Services.
Mark Hurd Resigns as HP CEO Following Sexual Harassment Investigation
Hurd abruptly resigned after an internal inquiry cleared him of sexual harassment allegations by a marketing contractor but found inaccurate personal expense reports.
Mark Hurd Steps Down as Chief Executive Officer of HP
Hurd concluded his five-year tenure on August 6, 2010, joining Oracle as Co-President one month later.
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