Hewlett-Packard Company (HPQ)’s Board of Directors Gets Some New Blood

After retiring from Mickey D’s, Skinner took the chairman’s throne for convenience-store giant Walgreens. Almost exactly one year later, Walgreen shares have soared 60% higher, absolutely crushing the Dow Jones‘ historic 20% run. It’s hard to pin that rush directly on Skinner’s appointment, but his presence clearly doesn’t hurt.

The impact on HP
Between these three names, Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) gains the following:

– Two former CEOs of S&P 500 companies, including one Dow leader. Ozzie is the holdout here with “only” a senior leadership role at Dow component Microsoft (but that always seemed like half of Bill Gates’ old baton, the other half having been passed to Steve Ballmer).

– Three proven winners with strong opinions on how to run a large-scale business. None of these three will back down from a challenge if he sees things going wrong at HP.

– Something like 80 years’ worth of top-level management experience.

The article HP’s Board of Directors Gets Some New Blood originally appeared on Fool.com and is written by Anders Bylund.

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