Antonio Neri (born May 10, 1967) is an Argentine-Italian-American businessman who currently serves as president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).
[2] Neri began military education and training at the age of 15, becoming an engineering apprentice for the Argentine Navy and working to repair ships' radar and sonar systems.
[2][4] He remained with the navy during his time at the Escuela Nacional de Educación Técnica and the National Technological University, where he continued to study engineering.
[14][15] During his tenure as HPE's first president, which began in June 2017,[14][16] Neri worked to streamline the company's businesses and served as interim chief sales officer.
[17][18] He replaced Meg Whitman to become the company's first Latino chief executive officer (CEO) in February 2018,[4][6][19] and joined the board of directors.
[11] Neri has been credited for spearheading several of the company's technologies, including the Apollo HPC portfolio and Superdome X,[20] which CRN described as "the world's most scalable in-memory compute platform".