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Article loses credibility (imo) when it says Hurd was a worse hire than Fiorina. Hurd practically doubled the stock value for shareholders during his tenure and

by suking 15y ago

Article loses credibility (imo) when it says Hurd was a worse hire than Fiorina. Hurd practically doubled the stock value for shareholders during his tenure and was considered an AMAZING CEO. Yeah, he disgraced HP a little with the sexual harassment issue, but that doesn't mean he wasn't an effective leader.

yuhong 15y ago
Judging companies just by stock price is a horrible idea.
- masklinn 15y ago
  If your goal is to make a quick buck on your shares, it's perfect. And that's all these CEOs are brought in for. So by that metric, Hurd was a stellar CEO.
  - ramy_d 15y ago
    I don't get it, didn't HP finally benefit from Carly Fiorina's decision to merge with Compaq?
rhizome 15y ago
How much of that stock bounce was due simply to Hurd isn't Carly?
forgotAgain 15y ago
Hurd was terrible. He was a one trick pony who did nothing but cut, cut, cut. That might have helped with the stock price and quarterly targets for a couple of years but it was short term thinking and ruined HP as a high-end consulting and software company.
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- Cushman 15y ago
  Hey, if it works for the Federal government...
schraeds 15y ago
Hurd slashed and burned HP. Cut R&D, outsourced... They lost their core competency and innovation for the benefit of short-term stock gains. Not long-term at all.