Editing Agilent Technologies (section)

{{short description|American technology company}}
{{Redirect|Agilent|the former [[Hewlett-Packard]] electronic test and measurement division|Keysight}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Agilent Technologies, Inc.
| logo = Agilent.svg
| logo_size = 250p
| alt = Agilent Technologies Logo
| image = Agilent-HQ-Lobby.jpg
| image_caption = Agilent Technologies headquarters lobby in Santa Clara, California
| image_size = 250px
| trading_name = 
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang = en
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{ubl|{{NYSE|A}}|[[S&P 500]] component}}
| industry = {{unbulleted list|Healthcare equipment and services}}
| predecessors = Test & Measurement, Semiconductor Groups of [[Hewlett-Packard|HP]]
| founded = {{Start date and age|1999}}
| location = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = {{unbulleted list|Padraig McDonnell ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])|Mike McMullen ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]] until April 2024)|[[Koh Boon Hwee]] ([[chairman]])}}
| products = Instruments, software, services and consumables for laboratory use
| revenue = {{decrease}} {{US$|6.51 billion|link=yes}} (2024)
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{US$|1.49 billion}} (2024)
| net_income = {{increase}} {{US$|1.29 billion}} (2024)
| assets = {{increase}} {{US$|11.8 billion}} (2024)
| equity = {{increase}} {{US$|5.90 billion}} (2024)
| num_employees = 17,900
| num_employees_year = 2024
| divisions = {{unbulleted list|Agilent CrossLab Group|Diagnostics & Genomics Group|Life Sciences & Applied Markets Group}}
| website = {{URL|agilent.com}}
| footnotes = <ref name=10K>{{cite web | url=https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1090872/000109087224000049/a-20241031.htm | title=Agilent Technologies 2024 Form 10-K Annual Report | publisher=[[U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]] |date=20 December 2024}}</ref>
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'''Agilent Technologies, Inc.''' is an American global company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, that provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for laboratories. Agilent was established in 1999 as a spin-off from [[Hewlett-Packard]]. The resulting [[initial public offering|IPO]] of Agilent stock was the largest in the history of [[Silicon Valley]] at the time.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4">{{cite journal|author = Arensman|title = Unfinished business: managing one of the biggest spin-offs in corporate history would be a challenge even in the best of times. But what Agilent's Ned Barnholt got was the worst of times.|publisher = Reed Business Information|date = 1 October 2002|issue = 10|first = Russ|url = http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92599949.html|journal = Electronic Business|volume = 28|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151016221251/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92599949.html|archive-date = 16 October 2015|df = dmy-all|access-date = 29 July 2015}}</ref> From 1999 to 2014, the company produced optics (LED, laser), [[semiconductor]]s, [[Electronic design automation|EDA]] software and test and measurement equipment for electronics; that division was spun off to form [[Keysight]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-03 |title=Agilent Technologies Spins Off Its Electronic Measurement Business, Keysight Technologies |url=https://www.investor.agilent.com/news-and-events/news/news-details/2014/Agilent-Technologies-Spins-Off-Its-Electronic-Measurement-Business-Keysight-Technologies/default.aspx |access-date=2022-07-07 |website=www.investor.agilent.com |language=en-US}}</ref> Since then, the company has continued to expand into pharmaceutical, diagnostics & clinical, and academia & government (research) markets.<ref>{{cite web |last=Philippidis |first=Alex |date=2022-01-24 |title=Agilent CEO: "We're Not Just a One-Year Wonder!" |url=https://www.genengnews.com/topics/bioprocessing/lab-equipment/agilent-ceo-were-not-just-a-one-year-wonder/ |publisher=[[Mary Ann Liebert]]}}</ref>