Founder Profile
Alvin B. Phillips
Last reviewed: October 2026 · By Swet Parvadiya
Who is Alvin B. Phillips?
Alvin B. Phillips is a founder of Western Digital Corporation, which was founded in 1970.
- Company founded
- Western Digital Corporation
- Founded
- 1970
Background
Electronics engineer who worked at Motorola before starting his own company in Southern California.
Founding Story
Alvin B. Phillips founded General Digital in Santa Ana, California, in 1970 to build test equipment for semiconductor makers. The company was renamed Western Digital in 1971. It later moved into chips and disk controllers before becoming a hard-drive manufacturer in the late 1980s. (Exact birth year remains publicly undisclosed).
Sources
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- WD Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2026 Financial Results (Western Digital Corporation)
- WD Announces Equity-for-Equity Exchange (Western Digital Corporation)