Steve MILLIGAN

   

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Chief Executive Officer of Western Digital

Steve Milligan is chief executive officer of Western Digital. Steve re-joined Western Digital as president in March 2012 and was appointed CEO effective January 2, 2013.

Immediately prior to returning to Western Digital, Milligan was president and chief executive officer of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (Hitachi GST). During his tenure, Milligan led Hitachi GST through a financial and operational turnaround culminating in Western Digital's acquisition of Hitachi GST in March 2012.

Prior to joining Hitachi GST in 2007, Milligan was Western Digital's senior vice president and chief financial officer. He originally joined Western Digital in 2002 as vice president, finance.

Milligan previously was with Dell and Price Waterhouse. He traces his computer industry knowledge to Dell and his hard disk drive roots to his 12 years at Price Waterhouse, where his responsibilities included auditing IBM's hard disk drive business.

Milligan serves on the board of directors of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, The Ohio State Foundation, and Ross Stores, Inc.

Milligan holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the Ohio State University.