Carleton S. (Carly) Fiorina was president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1999 to 2005. She served as chairman of the board from 2000 to 2005.
Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly 20 years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions and directed Lucent's initial public offering and subsequent spin-off from AT&T.
Fiorina was named an honorary fellow of the London Business School in July 2001. In 2002, she was honored with the Appeal of Conscience Award, and in 2003 she received the Concern Worldwide "Seeds of Hope" Award in recognition of her worldwide efforts to make global citizenship a priority for business.
The Private Sector Council honored Fiorina with its 2004 Leadership Award for her contributions to improving the business of government. Also in 2004, the White House appointed her to the U.S. Space Commission.
Fiorina has a bachelor's degree in medieval history and philosophy from Stanford University. She holds a master's degree in business administration from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park, Md., and a master of science degree from MIT's Sloan School.She and her husband, Frank Fiorina, now retired, spend lots of time boating. Even though their first boat lacked sleeping quarters, they would spend weekends sleeping on it. Now, their Alchemy, a 52-foot boat with proper sleeping space, is moored in Jersey City.Her mother, Madelon, who passed away in December. ''She was the strongest person I've ever known. She had an unquenchable zest for life,'' Fiorina says. ''She worked incredibly hard to make me the best person I could be.''
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