American business executive and politician — CEO of Hewlett-Packard (1999–2005) — Republican presidential candidate (2016) — who was the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company and whose HP tenure (Compaq merger, layoffs) remains controversial.
Creates the model (and cautionary tale) of the outsider CEO imported to transform a legacy technology company — Fiorina's HP tenure combined genuine strategic boldness (Compaq acquisition) with operational failures (massive layoffs, stock price decline) that led to her firing.
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