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(14,626 posts)When Carly Fiorina launches her campaign for president this week, her message to the world will be emphatic: what she did for HP, she can do for America.
From spaghetti dinners in New Hampshire to startup conferences in New York, the former head of Hewlett-Packard is expected to keep staking her claim as a pioneering executive prodigy: It is only in the United States of America that a young woman can start as a secretary and become CEO of the largest technology company in the world, she recently posted on Facebook, next to a low rating from a pro-choice group that she called a badge of honor.
Fiorina, 60, has never held public office. A 2010 run for US senate collapsed amid images of private jets and million-dollar yachts. Now, she hopes the revived record of a dot-com businesswoman will vault her over the otherwise all-male Republican field of mostly professional politicians or at least lead to a spot as one of their vice-presidential running mates to face Hillary Clinton head-on.
We went from a market laggard to market leader, Fiorina has said of her six years running the computer giant. Unlike Hillary, I have actually accomplished something.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/03/carly-fiorina-run-for-president-hewlett-packard