Entrepreneur. He was the co-founder with David Packard of the Hewlett-Packard Company, an American electric and computer corporation. Born the son of a physician, his family relocated to San Francisco when he was three, and he was twelve years old when his father died from a brain tumor. Although he fought to overcome dyslexia his entire life, he graduated from Lowell High School and received a bachelor's degree in 1934 from Stanford University. In 1935 he earned a Master of Science degree from Massachusetts Institution of Technology, then studied at Cambridge University in England, and in 1939 received a degree of Electrical Engineering from Stanford. He met David Packard while an undergraduate at Stanford University and together they formed Hewlett-Packard on January 1, 1939. Famously, the company humbly began in a garage with $538 and what would eventually become a highly respected company in Silicon Valley, a region in Northern California that provides technology internationally. The actual garage has been placed on the California registry of Historic Places as "The Birthplace of Silicon Valley." The company's first product was an audio oscillator used for testing sound equipment. The company's first famous customer was Walt Disney's Studios, who purchased a number of Hewlett-Packard oscillators in 1940 for use with the animated film, "Fantasia." He served in World War II, heading the electronics section of the New Development Division of the War Department Special Staff. With the exception of four years during World War II when he served at the rank of major in the U.S. Army, Hewlett's professional life was committed to the building of the company. In 1947 they incorporated Hewlett-Packard as a $1 million enterprise with 111 employees. Some of the company's major achievements were in 1969, the first desktop computer; in 1972, a handheld calculator; and in 1984, the laser-jet printer. He served as President of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1964 to 1977 and as CEO from 1968 to 1978. when he became director emeritus. In 1966 he and his first wife formed the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which monetarily supports the arts, education, and social causes. Hewlett died in his sleep from the effects of heart disease. He received a host of honors including the National Medal of Science in 1983 and becoming a member of National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1992. He was awarded the prestigious "Degree of Uncommon Man" by Stanford University in 1987. At the time of his death, he was #26 on the "Forbes 400" list of Richest Americans with an estimated net worth of $9 billion. He married and the couple had two sons and three daughters.