Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company

What does HPE own?

HPE owns its server, storage, and cloud businesses plus Aruba networking and Juniper Networks, including the Mist AI platform, along with product lines like ProLiant, Cray, Alletra, and GreenLake.

Is HPE publicly traded?

Yes. Hewlett Packard Enterprise trades on the NYSE under ticker HPE and is a member of the S&P 500.

Who founded HPE?

HPE was created by the November 2015 split of Hewlett-Packard Company, itself founded by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard in 1939. Antonio Neri has been CEO since 2018.

Where is HPE headquartered?

HPE is headquartered in Houston, Texas, USA, having moved from San Jose, California in 2022.

How many brands does HPE own?

HPE operates the HPE master brand plus Aruba, Juniper Networks, GreenLake, and product lines including ProLiant, Cray, Alletra, SimpliVity, and Nimble Storage.

Who owns HPE?

HPE is publicly traded with widely dispersed institutional ownership and no controlling shareholder.

How large is HPE?

For FY2025 ended October 31, HPE reported revenue of $34.3 billion, non-GAAP EPS of $1.94, approximately 65,000 employees, and Networking segment revenue of $6.9 billion with four months of Juniper results.

HPE's lineage is Hewlett-Packard, the garage-founded Silicon Valley pioneer from 1939, but the corporate entity is only a decade old. The November 2015 split separated the enterprise and consumer businesses, with Meg Whitman leading HPE initially and Antonio Neri, an HP veteran, taking over as CEO in 2018.

The early years were about right-sizing: divesting the services business to merge with CSC as DXC Technology, selling the software portfolio to Micro Focus, and focusing the company on infrastructure and the edge. The Aruba Networks acquisition, inherited from HP's 2015 deal, became the networking foundation, while the 2019 Cray acquisition added supercomputing.

The defining move was the Juniper Networks acquisition announced in January 2024 and closed July 2025 for approximately $13.4 billion in cash, HPE's largest deal ever. The transaction survived a DOJ antitrust challenge, resolved in June 2025 with conditions requiring HPE to divest its SMB-focused Instant On WLAN business and license Mist AI source code to competitors. The combination creates a networking business positioned to compete with Cisco across enterprise, campus, and AI data center segments.

FY2025 results, covering the year ended October 31, 2025, captured the first four months of combined operations: revenue up 14% to $34.3 billion, Networking up 51% on the Juniper addition, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.94.

HPE publishes an annual Living Progress sustainability report covering supply chain emissions, circular economy programs including IT asset lifecycle services, and renewable energy targets. It holds a science-based net-zero commitment across the value chain by 2040 and reports consistently to CDP and ESG frameworks, the standard enterprise-tech disclosure posture.

The competitive picture also has a wider context. With Juniper, HPE is now positioned as the most credible full-stack alternative to Cisco in enterprise networking, a claim no company could previously make, and the combination gives it the breadth to bid for every layer of a customer's network infrastructure rather than just the edge or the data center separately.

The global operating footprint also deserves a note. HPE sells in essentially every market where enterprise infrastructure is purchased, with a supply chain and manufacturing network spanning the US, Mexico, the Czech Republic, and Asian facilities, a reach that supports its position as a global infrastructure vendor rather than a US-centric one.

HPE ranks on the Fortune 500 and regularly appears on enterprise technology leader lists, with its Cray systems holding top positions on the TOP500 supercomputer rankings and GreenLake recognized in Gartner and Forrester analyses of hybrid cloud platforms. The recognition is enterprise-category standard for a major infrastructure vendor.

The dominant regulatory episode is the Juniper acquisition itself: the DOJ challenged the deal on antitrust grounds in early 2025, and it closed in July 2025 only after a settlement requiring divestiture of Instant On and licensing of Mist AI source code. Beyond that, HPE's legal record is the routine commercial litigation and patent disputes standard for a major tech company, with no material enforcement action on record as of September 2026.