Уильям Амелио: Американдық бизнес басшысының өмір жолы мен жетістіктері

American business executive

William J. "Bill" Amelio is an American business executive who was the CEO of Lenovo. He was also the CEO of Avnet.

Amelio earned a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Lehigh University. Between 2000 and 2001, Amelio was Executive President and Chief Operating Officer of NCR Corporation's Retail Solutions, Financial Solutions, Worldwide Customer Service and Systemedia businesses, responsible for $5 billion in revenue and 27,000 employees worldwide. He arrived at NCR after a stint with Honeywell International Inc. (formerly AlliedSignal). Between 1999 and 2000 he was the company's President and CEO in charge of Transportation and Power Systems. Amelio, who started with the firm in 1997, was initially responsible for Turbocharging Systems and reestablished AlliedSystems as the industry leader in the technology. manufacturers of personal computers, laptops, servers and other computer hardware. As Lenovo's president and CEO, he oversaw the integration of the IBM PC Division, which the company purchased in 2005 for $1.75 billion. Lenovo, with 30,000 employees, experienced an annual revenue growth increase from $13 billion to $15 billion by 2008 under his leadership. During that period the company grew its brand internationally and, for seven successive quarters, had sales profits greater than the market. Amelio's three year contract was not renewed after Lenovo posted a 2008 fourth quarter loss of $97 million. In August 2010, Amelio became the CEO of CHC Helicopter Service AS. In July 2016 Amelio was appointed as Interim CEO of Avnet. Amelio was officially appointed Avnet CEO in September, 2016. As CEO of Avnet, Amelio executed the divestiture of Avnet's Technology Solutions to Tech Data in September 2016, a transaction valued close to US$2.6 billion. A month later, he led the acquisition of UK based Premier Farnell, a distributor of technology products and solutions and also known for manufacturing and distributing more than half the world's Raspberry Pi single board computers. In August 2020, Amelio stepped down from Avnet, with Phil Gallagher being named as Interim CEO.

Amelio and his wife Jamie, through the Amelio Foundation, founded Caring for Cambodia in 2003, a non profit organization which educates Cambodia children by building schools, training teachers and providing for basic needs. Milestones achieved by 2011 included supporting 5,300 students, training 100 teachers, managing and supporting six schools and stocking four libraries with books and resources. He also adopted two children from Cambodia.