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'''Cara Carleton''' "'''Carly'''" '''Fiorina''' (née '''Sneed'''; born September 6, 1954) is an American businesswoman. Fiorina is known primarily for her tenure as CEO of [[Hewlett-Packard]] (HP) and as Chair of the philanthropic organization Good360. She ran for the [[Republican Party]]'s nomination of [[President of the United States]] in 2016. She has since become a [[Never Trumper]].<ref>Caplan, Joshua (December 16, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/12/16/carly-fiorina-vital-for-trump-to-be-impeached/ Carly Fiorina: ‘Vital’ for Trump to Be Impeached]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 16, 2019.</ref><ref>Yilek, Caitlin (December 16, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/vital-that-he-be-impeached-carly-fiorina-breaks-ranks-with-republicans-on-trump 'Vital that he be impeached': Carly Fiorina breaks ranks with Republicans on Trump]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved December 16, 2019.</ref>
As [[Chief Executive Officer]] of [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]] from 1999 to 2005, Fiorina was the first woman to lead a Top-20 company as ranked by ''[[Fortune 500|Fortune]]'Carly ' Magazine.<ref name=Sellers09>{{cite news|last1=Sellers|first1=Patricia|title=Behind Fortune's Most Powerful Women|url=http://fortune.com/2009/03/23/behind-fortunes-most-powerful-women/|accessdate=April 1, 2015|work=Fortune|date=March 23, 2009}}</ref> In 2002, Fiorinaoversaw what was then the largest technology sector merger in history, in which HP acquired rival [[personal computer]] manufacturer, [[Compaq]]. The transaction made HP the world's largest seller of personal computers.<ref>{{Cite web|title = The H-P/Compaq Union, From Controversy to Success|url = https://blogs.wsj.com/deals/2007/08/16/the-h-pcompaq-union-from-controversy-to-success/ |website = WSJ Blogs – Deal Journal |date = 2007-08-16|accessdate = 2015-10-08|first = Stephen|last = Grocer}}</ref><ref>Bagley, Constance. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WjVBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599 Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century]'' (born September 6, 1954p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015) was president and chief executive officer of [.</ref> HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees in order to save 80,000 jobs.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Carly Fiorina: Secretary to CEO|url = http://www.FromSecretarytoCEO.com |website = Carly Fiorina: Secretary to CEO| accessdate = 2016-01-06}}</ref><ref name=Farley/><ref name="Goldman">Goldman, David. [Hewletthttps://money.cnn.com/2015/09/21/technology/fiorina-Packardlayoffs/ "Behind Carly Fiorina's 30,000 HP layoffs"], [[CNN] Company from ] (September 21, 2015): "She has also noted – correctly — that despite bruising layoffs, she hired more people than she fired. HP and Compaq had a combined 148,100 employees just before she was hired in 1999 to , and 150,000 by the time she was fired in 2005."</ref> In February 2005, she was forced to resign as CEO and Chair, following a boardroom disagreement.<ref name=stanford/><ref name=PuiWing/><ref name=Burrows/>
==Business careerEarly life==She held senior leadership positions at Fiorina was born in [[AT&TAustin, Texas]] and . Her parents were [[Lucent TechnologiesJoseph Tyree Sneed, III]] for nearly 20 yearsand Madelon Montross. She was the CEO of Hewlitt-Packard for five years. She merged it with Compaq spun off the R&D component into Agilentstudied at [[Stanford University]], laying off tens of thousands of highly-skilled American workers in at the process. She commoditized the "Grey Lady of Silicon Valley".<ref>http://www.ft.com/cms/s/1/a7ec1ef2-1d44-11d9-abbf-00000e2511c8.html?ft_site=falcon&desktop=true#axzz4Yi1HBiNu</ref> ''[[FortuneUniversity of Maryland]]'' magazine ranked her , and at the most powerful woman in American business <ref>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1998/10/12/249284/index.htm</ref> and ''[[Time magazine|TimeMassachusetts Institute of Technology]]'' listed her as one of the top 100 most influential people in the world.<ref>http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/time100-0413.html</ref> She was succeeded by Meg Whitman who further broke up the Lady.
Fiorina was raised [[Episcopalian]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/04/carly-fiorina-faith_n_7205738.html|title=Political career5 Faith Facts About Presidential Candidate Carly Fiorina: ‘What You Make Of Yourself Is Your Gift To God'|last=Service|first=Religion News|date=2015-05-04|newspaper=Huffington Post|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en-US}}</ref>Carly ==Career==In 2002, Fiorina has undertook the biggest high-tech merger in history with rival computer company [[conservativeCompaq]] , which made [[RepublicanHewlett-Packard|HP]] leaningsthe world's largest personal computer manufacturer.<ref>Bagley, though she has shown an unusual amount of sympathy Constance. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=WjVBBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA599&lpg=PA599 Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century]'', p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015).</ref><ref>{{cite web |publisher=CRN |url=http://www.crn.com/news/mobility/231601009/the-hp-compaq-merger-partners-reflect-10-years-later.htm| title=The HP-Compaq Merger: Partners Reflect 10 Years Later |first=Rob |last=Wright|date=September 8, 2011|accessdate=May 9, 2015}}</ref> Fiorina performed unpaid service on the Defense Business Board, which looked at staffing issues, among others, at [[pro-choiceThe Pentagon]] movement.<refname="Williamson">http{{Cite news|url=https://www.lifenewswsj.com/state4377articles/carly-fiorina-im-running-for-president-1430739879|title=Fiorina’s Time at H-P Gets a Close Look|last=Williamson|first=Elizabeth|date=2015-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-05-17|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> Fiorina spent two years leading the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]'s External Advisory Board, from 2007 to 2009,<ref name="Williamson"/> and became chair of that board,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.htmlnationalreview.com/article/417938/ceo-and-cia-jim-geraghty|title=The CEO and the CIA|newspaper=National Review|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}</ref> She actively supported when the board was first created in 2007 by then-CIA director [[John McCainMichael Hayden]] during the [[George W. Bush]] administration.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/carly-fiorina-is-getting-a-cpac-upgrade|title=Carly Fiorina Is Getting a CPAC Upgrade|last=Jackie Kucinich|date=2017-01-30|website=The Daily Beast|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref> After resigning as CEO of HP, Fiorina served on the boards of several organizations and as an advisor to Republican [[Mitt RomneyJohn McCain]] for president in 's 2008 and 2012, respectivelypresidential campaign. She was won a three-way race for the failed Republican candidate nomination for the [[United States Senate ]] from California in the election of 2010 but lost the general election to incumbent [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Senator [[Barbara Boxer]]. <ref>{{cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/politics/03calif.html|title=In California, Boxer Wins Senate Race, and Brown Is Leading for Governor|date=November 3, 2010|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> == U.S. Senate candidacy for California, 2010 ==On May November 4, 20152009, Fiorina formally launched announced her candidacy in the 2010 Senate election in a campaign for bid to unseat incumbent Democrat [[Barbara Boxer]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/carly-fiorina-announces-calif-senate-run/|title=Carly Fiorina Announces Calif. Senate Run|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}</ref> On June 8, 2010, Fiorina won the Republican nomination primary election for president the Senate with over 50 percent of the United States in the vote, beating [[2016 presidential electionTom Campbell]] and State Assemblyman [[Chuck DeVore]].<ref>{{Cite news|2016 url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fiorina-wins-gop-senate-primary-in-california/|title=Fiorina Wins GOP Senate Primary in California|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en}}</ref> On November 4, 2010, Boxer won the general electionwith 52.2% to Fiorina's 42.2%, a comfortable margin due to heavy turnout among Democrats especially in [[Los Angeles]]which was also a failure.<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsjnytimes.com/elections/2010/results/california.html|title=California - Election Results 2010 - The New York Times|website=www.nytimes.com|language=en|accessdate=2017-05-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/04/local/la-me-1104-senate-20101104|title=Barbara Boxer overcame several hurdles to defeat Carly Fiorina in Senate race|last=Reston|first=Maeve|date=2010-11-04|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2017-05-17|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/california-election-results-how-barbara-boxer-bucked-a-national-trend-by-beating-carly-fiorina/|title=California Election Results: How Barbara Boxer Bucked a National Trend by Beating Carly Fiorina|access-imdate=2017-running05-17|language=en}}</ref> ==2016 presidential campaign==In May 2015, Fiorina announced she was running forPresident.<ref>{{cite web|title=Carly Fiorina is Running for President|publisher=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/2015/05/carly-presidentfiorina-14307398792016-presidential-bid-117593.html|accessdate=May 5, 2015}}</ref> She withdrew on February 10, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/10/politics/carly-fiorina-drops-out-suspends-campaign/|title=Carl Fiorina Ends Presidential Bid|publisher=CNN.com|accessdate=February 13, 2016}}</ref>
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==References==
==External linksOther websites==*[httphttps://www.carlyfiorina.com/ Carly Fiorina Enterprises]- official website*[https://carlyforpresidentcitizencarly.com / Citizen Carly Fiorina 2016 campaign websiteShort Film]*[https://fromsecretarytoceo.com/ From Secretary to CEO]
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