HP Chair to Step Down

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Hewlett-Packard Chairwoman Patricia Dunn will step down in January and be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd amid a widening scandal involving the computer and printer company’s possibly illegal probe into media leaks, the Associated Press reports.


Director George Keyworth II, who acknowledged sharing company information with reporters, resigned from HP’s board later Tuesday morning. The board had asked Keyworth to resign in May, but he refused.


Hurd will retain his existing positions as chief executive and president and Dunn will remain as a director after she relinquishes the chair on Jan. 18.


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