Western Digital Corporation

Western Digital Corporation is a leading American data storage technology company founded on April 23, 1970, by Alvin B. Phillips, originally as General Digital Corporation. Headquartered at 5601 Great Oaks Parkway in San Jose, California, the company has evolved into one of the world's largest manufacturers of data storage devices and solutions. With approximately 65,600 employees globally distributed across manufacturing and engineering operations in the Asia Pacific (54,200), the Americas (8,000), and EMEA regions including Israel and India (3,400), Western Digital serves diverse markets from consumer electronics to enterprise data centers. The company's comprehensive product portfolio encompasses hard disk drives (HDDs), solid-state drives (SSDs), flash-based embedded storage products, and memory components, marketed under prominent brands including Western Digital, WD, SanDisk, and G-Technology. Western Digital achieved annual revenue of $13.003 billion in fiscal year 2024, representing a 5.56% increase from the previous year, driven by strong performance across cloud, client, and consumer segments. As one of the top three global storage manufacturers alongside Seagate and Toshiba, the company has significantly expanded its market position through strategic acquisitions, including the $4.3 billion purchase of HGST in 2012 and the landmark $19 billion acquisition of SanDisk in 2016. Western Digital's Ultrastar product line serves enterprise customers with high-capacity storage solutions for data centers, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing applications, while its consumer offerings include storage devices for gaming, personal computers, and network-attached storage systems. The company continues to invest in next-generation technologies including 3D NAND flash memory, advanced SSD controllers, and emerging storage solutions for AI, IoT, and edge computing applications.