Western Digital

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Western Digital Corporation

Headquarters in the Santa Teresa district of San Jose, California in 2021
Formerly	General Digital Corporation (1970–1971)
Company type	Public
Traded as	Nasdaq: WDC S&P 500 component
Industry	Computer storage
Founded	April 23, 1970; 54 years ago (1970-04-23) in Newport Beach, California
Founder	Alvin B. Phillips
Headquarters	San Jose, California , U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	David Goeckeler (CEO)[1]
Products	Hard disk drives NAND Flash-based storage devices Storage systems
Brands	WD SanDisk SanDisk Professional
Revenue	US$12.3 billion (2023)
Operating income	US$−1.3 billion (2023)
Net income	US$−1.7 billion (2023)
Total assets	US$24.4 billion (2023)
Total equity	US$10.8 billion (2023)
Number of employees	c. 53,000 (2023)
Website	westerndigital.com
Footnotes / references Financials as of June 30, 2023[update].[2]

Western Digital Corporation (WDC, commonly known as Western Digital or WD) is an American computer drive manufacturer and data storage company, headquartered in San Jose, California. It designs, manufactures and sells data technology products, including data storage devices, data center systems and cloud storage services.

Western Digital has a long history in the electronics industry as an integrated circuit maker and a storage products company. It is one of the largest computer hard disk drive manufacturers, along with producing solid-state drives and flash memory devices. Its competitors include the data management and storage companies Seagate Technology and Micron Technology.^[3]