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In 2002, Fiorina oversaw 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 = http://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]'', p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015).</ref> HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees. By 2004, HP's total number of both U.S. and non-U.S. employees, including roughly 8,000 employees of companies acquired by HP after 2001, was around the same number as the pre-merger number of employees at HP and Compaq combined.<ref name="The Guardian, March 29, 2015"/><ref name=Farley/><ref name="Goldman">Goldman, David. [http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/21/technology/fiorina-layoffs/ "Behind Carly Fiorina's 30,000 HP layoffs"], [[CNN Money]] (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, and 150,000 by the time she was fired in 2005."</ref> On February 9, 2005, the HP board of directors forced Fiorina to resign as chief executive officer and chair.<ref name=stanford/><ref name=PuiWing/><ref name=Burrows/> |
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In 2002, Fiorina oversaw 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 = http://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]'', p. 599 (Cengage Learning 2015).</ref> HP subsequently laid off 30,000 U.S. employees. By 2004, HP's total number of both U.S. and non-U.S. employees, including roughly 8,000 employees of companies acquired by HP after 2001, was around the same number as the pre-merger number of employees at HP and Compaq combined.<ref name="The Guardian, March 29, 2015"/><ref name=Farley/><ref name="Goldman">Goldman, David. [http://money.cnn.com/2015/09/21/technology/fiorina-layoffs/ "Behind Carly Fiorina's 30,000 HP layoffs"], [[CNN Money]] (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, and 150,000 by the time she was fired in 2005."</ref> On February 9, 2005, the HP board of directors forced Fiorina to resign as chief executive officer and chair.<ref name=stanford/><ref name=PuiWing/><ref name=Burrows/> |
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After HP, Fiorina served on the boards of several organizations, and was an adviser to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Senator John McCain]]'s [[John McCain presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]]. In 2010, she won the Republican nomination for the [[United States Senate election in California, 2010|United States Senate in California]], but lost the general election to incumbent Democrat [[Barbara Boxer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate California|url=http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2010/california/senate/#.VeJVLtNVhBc|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|url=http://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|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> |
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After HP, Fiorina commited adultery and served on the boards of several organizations, and was an adviser to [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[Senator John McCain]]'s [[John McCain presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential campaign]]. In 2010, she won the Republican nomination for the [[United States Senate election in California, 2010|United States Senate in California]], but lost the general election to incumbent Democrat [[Barbara Boxer]].<ref>{{cite web|title=U.S. Senate California|url=http://elections.nbcnews.com/ns/politics/2010/california/senate/#.VeJVLtNVhBc|publisher=ABC News|accessdate=August 30, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=McKinley|first=Jesse|url=http://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|work=The New York Times|accessdate=November 3, 2010}}</ref> |
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On May 4, 2015, she announced her candidacy for the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|Republican nomination]] in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as the only woman running for the Republican nomination.<ref name="Yes">{{cite web|last=Gass|first=Nick|date=May 4, 2015|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-bid-117593.html|title=Carly Fiorina: 'Yes, I am running for president'|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> |
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On May 4, 2015, she announced her candidacy for the [[Republican Party presidential primaries, 2016|Republican nomination]] in the 2016 U.S. presidential election as the only woman running for the Republican nomination.<ref name="Yes">{{cite web|last=Gass|first=Nick|date=May 4, 2015|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/carly-fiorina-2016-presidential-bid-117593.html|title=Carly Fiorina: 'Yes, I am running for president'|work=[[Politico]]|accessdate=May 4, 2015}}</ref> |
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