the spinoff of at&t and recognized by fortune as the most powerful woman in business for six consecutive years. remember frank s earlier prediction? well in 1999, hewlett-packard came calling and she became the first female ceo of a top 20 u.s. corporation. once there she restored hp to a jewel of silicon valley and engineered a $25 billion acquisition of compac. this is about building the new hp way. while a huge number of people lost jobs it s since been hailed by some as a success. in 2005 hp fired her after she and directors disagreed about corporate strategy. the next year she would release a bestselling memoir and later she emerged as an economic adviser for john mccain s presidential campaign. i think leadership is not about position. it is not about power. it is not about title. leadership is about character. and this is a man who has
frank fiorina. carly s first marriage had ended in divorce. she says her ex was threatened by her success. with frank, however, it was love at first sight. on their third date he told her someday she d be ceo of at&t and he was almost right. frank and carly later married and she helped rayise his girls. tracy was grown up beyond her years, lori starved for affection. i fell in love with both of them too, over our first meal together of chinese takeout. in the mid 1990s she would be the spinoff of at&t and recognized by fortune as the most powerful woman in business for six consecutive years. remember frank s earlier prediction? well in 1999, hewlett-packard came calling and she became the first female ceo of a top 20 u.s. corporation. once there she restored hp to a jewel of silicon valley and engineered a $25 billion acquisition of compac.