Mark Hurd was a Well-known American executive, find out more about his background, career, death reason, net worth and wife
Reportedly, billionaire Bill Gates and Paula Hurd, the widow of Mark Hurd, are currently seeing each other.
Following a 27-year marriage, Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda Gates divorced. In August 2021, they separated. Jennifer, 26, Phoebe, 20, and Rory, a son, are the couple’s three children.
However, now it appears that the billionaire has moved on in his life. PEOPLE magazine quoted the source saying that it is well known that Bill Gates and Paula Hurd are dating, but she hasn’t yet met his children.
Who is Mark Hurd ex-Oracle CEO, his net worth, wife, age, cause of death
In January 2023, Gates and Hurd were seen together at the Australian Open Men’s Singles Final. Since then, many people are trying to find out more about Paula’s husband Mark Hurd who was a billionaire but died in 2019 at the age of 62.
So, let’s find out everything about him:
Who was Mark Hurd?
Mark Hurd was a well-known American technology executive who served as Co-CEO and as a member of the board of directors of Oracle Corporation. He has been in the news because his widow is in a relationship with Bill Gates.
His full name was Mark Vincent Hurd. He was born on January 1, 1957, in Manhattan, New York, U.S. His mother’s name was Teresa A. (Fanoni) who was a debutante, and his father’s name was Ralph Steiner Hurd who was a financier.
He did his schooling at Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, in Miami, Florida. Later, he attended Baylor University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration.
He married two times. First, he married Elizabeth A. Butler in 1980. However, they got divorced in 1987. Later, he married his second wife Paula Kalupa, an executive with NCR. They are the parents of two daughters: Kathryn and Kelly.
He died on October 18, 2019. At the time of his death, he was 62 years old.
His career
Mark Hurd led a number of well-known organizations as their CEO. He served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from 2005 to 2010. Later, he had senior leadership positions at Teradata Corporation and NCR Corporation before joining HP.
He is recognized for overseeing a period of substantial development and transition for HP during his tenure there, as well as for enhancing its financial performance and boosting its product line.
Hurd left HP in 2010 and took a co-CEO position at Oracle Corporation, where he was in charge of business sales and marketing activities. As a result of a misbehavior probe, he remained in this position until his retirement in September 2019.
Cause of death Mark Hurd
He died due to cancer.
Net Worth of Mark Hurd
When Mark Hurd passed away in 2019, his fortune was $150 million.
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