Western Digital Corp. WDC

What this company does

Western Digital is a developer, manufacturer and provider of data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive (HDD) technology. At the end of 2025, it employed approximately 40,000 people worldwide across 24 countries, with approximately 88% of employees in Asia Pacific, approximately 11% in the Americas and less than 1% in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Its portfolio of technology and products addresses customers' storage needs through three end markets, Cloud, Client and Consumer, comprised of the Western Digital and WD brands. It provides the Cloud end market with an array of high-capacity enterprise HDDs and platforms. Through the Client end market, it provides original equipment manufacturer and channel customers a range of HDD solutions across desktop and notebooks. It serves the Consumer end market with a portfolio of HDD external storage products through its retail and channel routes to market. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is a Standard & Poor's 500 company headquartered in San Jose, California.

Written from the business description in WESTERN DIGITAL CORP's annual report to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, filed 14 August 2025. Every sentence was checked against that document before publication.