One of his early customers was Coupa Cafe, a favored meeting spot for entrepreneurs just off University Ave. near Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

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Founded by Stanford University engineers David Packard and William Hewlett in a Palo Alto, Calif. garage in 1938, for most of its history HP grew at a near exponential rate.

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Upon graduating from Stanford University last year, Ms. Wie moved with her parents from Palo Alto, Calif.

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