Donna Garverick wrote:
>
> just posted by reuters....
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>
> Kendall-Jackson Wine names HP Chairman as CEO
>
> SANTA ROSA, Calif. (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co. Chairman
> Lewis Platt, a long-time executive at the
> Silicon Valley stalwart, has been named chief executive
> officer of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates Ltd., the winemaker
> said on Tuesday.
>
> Platt, who will retire as Hewlett-Packard's chairman at the
> end of the year, was replaced as the computing company's CEO
> in July by Carly Fiorina, who became the first woman to be
> named chief executive of a
> company included in the 30-strong Dow Jones industrial
> average.
>
> Kendall-Jackson, based in Santa Rosa, Calif., said the
> company's principal owner Jess Jackson will continue
> his responsibilities as chairman.
>
> "Throughout his career, one distinguishing feature has been
> Lew's leadership in establishing Hewlett-Packard
> as one of the very best places for people to work,'' Leonard
> Cairney, who will become Kendall-Jackson's chief operating
> officer, said in a statement.
>
> Platt joined Hewlett-Packard in 1966 and over the next three
> decades held increasingly responsible
> management positions in several operating groups as the
> Silicon Valley pioneering company grew to increasing
> prominence.
>
> In 1992, he was named to the board of directors and as
> president and chief executive officer of Hewlett Packard,
> succeeding co-Founder David Packard as chairman a year
> later.
>
Funny how retiring CEOs have been so great, but their
successors say that they will make many changes!

Nick D.