The Classic Company Man: Moving Up The Corporate Ladder
In tapping Enrique Lores to be HP's new CEO starting Nov. 1 after current CEO Dion Weisler steps down for family reasons, the PC and printer giant is getting a classic company man who is not only steeped in the company culture, but is also a seasoned executive with a global outlook on the business.
Lores was born in Madrid and spent the last 30 years at HP, starting as an engineering intern and rising to head the company's massive printing and imaging business before being crowned as the next CEO. He has played a major role in some of the key inflection points in HP's history, including the split of Hewlett-Packard into Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc. and HP's massive acquisition of Samsung's printer business.
Here is look at five things that brought Lores to the pinnacle of success.
