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Western Digital
Sign in to saveAlso known as Western Digital Corporation, WD, WDC, Western Digital Corp., WD Corp., Western Digital Technologies, Inc. (San Jose, CA)
American computer storage corporation
Key facts
- Trade name
- WD
- Formerly
- General Digital Corporation (1970–1971)
- Company type
- Public
- Traded as
- Nasdaq : WDC Nasdaq-100 component S&P 500 component
- Industry
- Computer data storage
- Founded
- April 23, 1970 ; 56 years ago ( 1970-04-23 ) in Newport Beach, California , U.S.
- Founder
- Alvin B. Phillips
- Headquarters
- San Jose, California , U.S.
- Area served
- Worldwide
- Key people
- Irving Tan (CEO)
- Products
- Hard disk drives Storage systems
- Brands
- WD SanDisk Professional
- Revenue
- US$ 9.52 billion (2025)
- Operating income
- US$2.33 billion (2025)
- Net income
- US$1.89 billion (2025)
- Total assets
- US$14.0 billion (2025)
- Total equity
- US$5.31 billion (2025)
- Number of employees
- 40,000 (2025)
via Wikipedia infobox
Company
WDC- Industry
- Computer Storage Devices
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- State of incorporation
- DE
- Entity type
- operating
- Fiscal year end
- Jul 3
- Latest filing
- 8-K · 2026-06-03
- Jurisdiction
- US-DE
- Headquarters
- WILMINGTON, US
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Company, Funder
- Founded
- 1970
- Location
- San Jose, United States
- Also known as
- WD, Western Digital Corporation
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.451113.3 · ISNI 0000 0000 8666 4326
Official website
High-Capacity HDDs for PCs, NAS, Gaming, Data Centers, and AI Data Cycles | WD
Western Digital, leaders in digital storage solutions compatible with Mac and PC. FREE shipping, friendly support, and 30-day return policy on storage products.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Western Digital Corporation
- Employees
- 76449
- Official website
- www.westerndigital.com
- Image
- Western Digital Headquarters.jpg
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- Commons category
- Western Digital
- inception
- 1970-00-00
- MAC Address Block Large ID
- 0014EE
- WordLift URL
- data.thenextweb.com/tnw/entity/western_digital
- social media followers
- 125000
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Western Digital Corporation, doing business as WD, is an American data storage company headquartered in San Jose, California. Established in 1970, the company is one of the world's largest manufacturers of hard disk drives (HDDs).
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