Western Digital WDC · USD
Information Technology · Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals · US listing · 🇺🇸 United States
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About Western Digital
From its filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission
Western Digital is based in San Jose, California and is incorporated in Delaware. Its shares trade on Nasdaq under the ticker WDC. It is a member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. The SEC classifies its business as computer storage devices. In the fiscal year to 3 July 2026, it reported revenue of $12.92bn and net income of $9.42bn. At that date it held total assets of $13.86bn and shareholders' equity of $8.86bn.
Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is a Standard & Poor’s 500 (“S&P 500”) company headquartered in San Jose, California. We are a leading developer, manufacturer, and provider of data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (“HDD”) technology. HDDs are critical components in the worldwide data infrastructure market, powering the AI-driven digital economy. HDDs provide reliable, cost-effective, high-capacity storage needs for a wide range of applications, ranging from cloud data centers, enterprise storage systems, edge computing, and smart video to client and consumer devices.
At Western Digital, we believe that data storage provides the strategic foundation for the AI-driven data economy. We focus on designing and building data storage solutions that are intelligent, efficient, and reliable. We execute on this mission through rigorous scientific research, engineering excellence, and deep customer collaboration, so that each product advancement provides value for our customers and shareholders.
With much of the world’s data stored on Western Digital products, our innovation helps drive the global storage technology ecosystem, anchored in the cloud, and extending from consumer devices to the edge.
Quoted from its 10-K, filed 14 Aug 2026. Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗
Company facts
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals
- Listed since
- 31 Jan 1991
- Employees
- 40,000
- Website
- westerndigital.com ↗
- Head office
- 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE, CA, 95119
- Incorporated in
- DE
- Classification
- Computer Storage Devices
- Filer status
- Large accelerated filer
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Martin ColeIndependent Chairman of the Board$456,948
- Mr. Irving TanChief Executive Officer, Director, since 2025$11.5m
- Mr. Kris SennesaelExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer$10.2m
- Mr. Brian DavisExecutive Vice President, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer
- Ms. Cynthia TregillisExecutive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary$4.5m
- Mr. Vidyadhara GubbiExecutive Vice President, Chief - Global Operations$4.1m
- Mr. Ahmed ShihabExecutive Vice President, Chief Product Officer$7.4m
- Ms. Stephanie StreeterLead Independent Director$417,438
- Ms. Kimberly AlexyIndependent Director$364,975
- Mr. Tunc DolucaIndependent Director$354,242
- Mr. Bruce KiddooIndependent Director$273,210
- Ms. Roxanne OulmanIndependent Director$275,073
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 53
- Environment
- 55
- Social
- 63
- Governance
- 42
- Direct emissions (scope 1)
- 139,982.3 t
- Energy emissions (scope 2)
- 683,977.1 t
- Value chain emissions (scope 3)
- 7,339,838 t
- Women in the workforce
- 56.5448%
- Carbon reduction policy
- Yes
- Human rights policy
- Yes
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