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Compaq

Compaq

Compaq is an american manufacturer of computers founded in 1982 by Rod Canion.

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compaq.com
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Company
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Organization

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Industry
Information technology
Information technology
Technology
Technology
Wireless router
Wireless router
Telecommunications
Telecommunications
Location
Houston
Houston
CEO
Werner Karl Koepf
Werner Karl Koepf
Founder
‌
Rod Canion
AngelList URL
angel.co/compaq
Pitchbook URL
pitchbook.com/profiles.../12814-12
Parent Organization
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Legal classification
Public company
Public company
Number of Employees (Ranges)
10,001+
Number of Employees
63,700
Investors
Sevin Rosen Funds
Sevin Rosen Funds
Founded Date
January 1, 1982
Competitors
Lenovo
Lenovo
Exchange
Nasdaq
Nasdaq
CTO
‌
William Strecker
CFO
‌
Earl Mason
Key People
Werner Karl Koepf
Werner Karl Koepf
Acquisition Transaction
‌
Acquisition of Compaq by Hewlett-Packard
Patents Assigned (Count)
1
Wellfound ID
compaq
Country
United States
United States
Headquarters
Houston
Houston

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Company Operating Status
Active
Invested in
Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com
SteelEye Technology
SteelEye Technology
Official Name
Compaq Computer Corporation0
Owner
Hewlett-Packard
Hewlett-Packard
Wikidata ID
Q324603

Compaq was founded in 1982 by three former Texas Instrument engineers, Rod Canion, Bill Murto and Jim Harris. They had considered founding a Mexican restaurant (and then a hard disk drive company) but ultimately decided to develop a new line of personal computers that were portable, 100% IBM compatible, but with better features and performance than other IBM clones on the market. The new venture capital firm of Sevin Rosen approached Kleiner Perkins to co-invest in the fledgling company. John Doerr, who had recently joined Kleiner Perkins from Intel where he had been working on a portable computer, loved the idea and we agreed to invest in Compaq.

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