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Lewis E. (Lew) Platt was president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Company from 1992 to 1999. He served as chairman of the board from 1993 to 1999.
Platt joined HP in 1966 and held a variety of management posts in the company's medical-products operations prior to becoming general manager of the Waltham (Mass.) Division in 1974. He was general manager of HP's Analytical Group from 1980 to 1984 and was elected a vice president in 1983. From 1984 to 1988 he managed various parts of HP's computer business.
In 1987, Platt was elected executive vice president. In 1988, he was named to oversee the Computer Products Sector, and in 1990 he was named head of the Computer Systems Organization.
He was elected president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors in 1992. The board elected Platt to succeed David Packard as chairman when he announced his retirement on Sept. 17, 1993.
Platt was born on April 11, 1941, in Johnson City, N.Y. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., and a master's degree in business administration from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. Platt received an honorary doctorate in engineering science from Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, Calif.
In 1995, Platt was appointed to the Advisory Committee on Trade Policy Negotiations by President Bill Clinton and served as chairman of one of its three task forces, the World Trade Organization Task Force.
In 1996, he was elected co-chair and a member of the board of directors of Joint Venture Silicon Valley (Calif.) and the Tech Network. The organization was formed in 1991 to strengthen the local economy and make the area a better place to live.
Platt was a member of The Business Council. In addition, from 1993 to 1995, he served as a member of the California Business Roundtable.
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