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SAN FRANCISCO Carly Fiorina, one of corporate America’s highest ranking female executives, has stepped down as chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard in a surprise move at the company she tried to transform from a printer business to a broad-based technology giant, HP said on Wednesday.
In a statement, Fiorina, 50, cited differences with the board over executing its strategy and suggested she was fired.
“While I regret the board and I have differences about how to execute HP’s strategy, I respect their decision,” Fiorina said.
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