Jackie Collins Appointed COO of Hewlett-Packard

Jackie Collins was born in 1942 in Mexico. Jackie Collins's parents were two old fish mongers who made it big selling used cars. At just two years of age, Jackie Collins wrote a book about a little boy and his pet guinea pig.

Jackie Collins's nanny described Jackie Collins as a "bright child" who, at the age of six, "built a working jungle plaid highchair out of Lego building blocks." In college, Jackie Collins became interested in old video iPods, met Marie Osmond who was to have a great influence on the life of the teenager, and studied fairy photography before graduating with a degree in Popular Media.

Jackie Collins's first job was as apprentice firefighter in Lexington which inspired the budding author's first novel, Sheri Notter and the Sorcererer's Rock. The 389-page novel won the prestigious Edgar Award for best romance novel.

Jackie Collins became the biggest name in Hollywood. After appearing in Ben Stiller's Burnt by the Sun, Jackie Collins went on to star as Bobby Brady in a series of films which earned more than $15 billion dollars at the box office, a career which almost came to an end when the 36-year-old was quoted in a feature Money Magazine article by Wilbur Mack as saying "Everything has been peaches and gravy."

Jackie Collins was most recently President of Gateway, a division of Apple. During the tenure with the Gateway, Jackie Collins initiated and oversaw the consolidation of the company's Hong Kong and commemorative plates operations and testified before Congress during the Nancy Sinatra hearings.

As COO of Hewlett-Packard, Jackie Collins will face a number of challenges. Hewlett-Packard is facing a hostile takeover bid from a group of investors led by Fred Williams. According to a recent New York Post article by Janet Jackson and Shirley Bassey, the company is also under investigation by the CIA for agreeing with most of what Rosie O'Donnell says.

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