| Leo Apotheker Born: 18-Sep-1953
Birthplace: Aachen, Germany
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Business Nationality: Germany
Executive summary: CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010-11 Leo Apotheker was named chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard effective 1 November 2010, succeeding Mark Hurd. Apotheker's appointment was considered to be a bit "outside the box" — he had been forced out in his previous job as CEO of the German software firm SAP after instituting a sharp price increase across the company's product line, leading to a slump in sales and a spike in complaints.
According to CNET, Apotheker's base pay with HP was $1.2M per year, and he also received 76,000 shares of restricted stock, a "signing bonus" of $4M, and an additional $4.6M to cover his moving expenses from Europe. He is fluent in Dutch, English, French, German, and Hebrew, but unable to write software code, and he was the first non-American to head HP. He was fired after less than a year on the job, given a $23M golden parachute, and replaced by Meg Whitman. Wife: (m., two children)
University: BA Economics and International Relations, Hebrew University (1975)
Hewlett-Packard CEO (2010-11)
SAP CEO (2009-10)
SAP Co-CEO (2008-09) with Henning Kagermann
SAP Deputy CEO (2007-08)
SAP President of Global Customer Relations and Operations (2002-07)
SAP President, SAP Europe, Middle East, and Africa (1999-2002)
SAP Div. Mgr., South West Europe (1997-99)
SAP CEO, SAP Belgium and France (1995-97)
ECsoft BV President and CEO (1992-94)
SAP Finance (1988-95)
Member of the Board of GT Nexus
Member of the Board of Hewlett-Packard (2010-)
Member of the Board of PlaNet Finance
Member of the Board of SAP (2002-10)
Member of the Board of Schneider Electric
French Legion of Honor 2007
German Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Polish Ancestry
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