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Western Digital Headquarters & offices · San Jose, California
Western Digital · San Jose, California
The hard-drive maker that started in 1970 in Orange County now runs from San Jose — and most of its 40,000 people work in factories in Asia.
The San Jose headquarters, what Western Digital pays and offers, and the road from General Digital in Newport Beach — from the company's filings.
- ≈ 40,000employees in 24 countries
- 88%of employees in Asia Pacific
- Since 1970founded
- $12.9Brevenue, fiscal 2026
Sources: Form 10-K fiscal 2026 · Proxy statement 2026
Companies / United States / Information technology / Data storage / Western Digital
THE HEADQUARTERS · 5601 GREAT OAKS PARKWAY, SAN JOSE
Headquarters on a manufacturing and R&D campus
Western Digital's principal executive offices are in San Jose, where it owns about 1,957,000 sq ft of buildings for manufacturing, R&D, administration, marketing and sales — its largest site in the United States. Other U.S. sites include R&D in Fremont, Irvine, Colorado Springs and Rochester. After spinning off its flash business as Sandisk in February 2025, the company is focused on hard disk drives.
- San Jose, owned
- ≈ 1.96M sq ft
- Manufacturing + R&D
- HDD focus
Santa Teresa, San Jose
The headquarters sits on a campus of about 1.96 million sq ft of owned buildings in San Jose.
Facts: Form 10-K fiscal 2026 (Item 2, Properties)
Headquarters, San Jose
| Building | Address |
|---|---|
| Principal executive offices | 5601 Great Oaks Parkway, San Jose, CA |
Source: SEC filings
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026 (Properties)
Benefits
Health coverage, plus life and disability insurance (varies by country).
Retirement plans for employees.
Paid time off.
An employee assistance program.
An employee stock purchase plan.
Base pay and short-term incentives for all, and long-term incentives for select roles.
A global recognition program tied to five core values.
Training to help employees adopt AI, plus on-demand learning and factory upskilling.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026 (Human Capital, Total Rewards)
Why people stay: what Western Digital itself reports
Employees can buy company shares through an employee stock purchase plan.
Western Digital runs regular pay equity assessments and benchmarks its rewards every year.
About 40% of eligible interns worldwide became employees in 2025.
In 2026 more than half of employees joined company-sponsored volunteer events.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
Who works here
of employees in Asia Pacific
in the Americas
countries
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
Pay at Western Digital
The median employee is a manufacturing operator in Malaysia — most employees work in Asian factories. The CEO earned 1,457 times this amount.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 (CEO pay ratio)
Western Digital doesn't publish pay by age.
From General Digital to San Jose
- 1970 Founded
Western Digital was founded in 1970; in 1971 it was called General Digital Corporation, with offices in Newport Beach, California.
Source: Form 10-K · Wikimedia Commons (Western Digital photo)
No free-to-use photo found yet.Have one? We’d love to add it. - 2025 Sandisk spins off
On February 21, 2025, Western Digital completed the spin-off of its flash business, leaving a hard-drive company headquartered in San Jose.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
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What Western Digital does
Western Digital develops and makes data storage devices and solutions based on hard disk drive technology, critical components of the world's data infrastructure.
Hard disk drives, after the February 2025 spin-off of its flash business as Sandisk.
Source: SEC XBRL data · Form 10-K · per-employee figure calculated by eciffo
Chief executives
Chief Executive Officer; director since February 2025.
Founded in 1970; known as General Digital Corporation in its early years.
Source: Proxy statement 2026 · Form 10-K
Western Digital: questions people ask
Where is Western Digital's headquarters?
In San Jose, California, at 5601 Great Oaks Parkway.
Source: SEC filings
How many people work at Western Digital?
About 40,000 in 24 countries; about 88% are in Asia Pacific.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
What is the median pay?
$11,787 in fiscal 2026 — the median employee is a factory operator in Malaysia. The CEO earned 1,457 times that.
Source: Proxy statement 2026
What benefits does it offer?
Health, life and disability cover, retirement plans, paid time off, an EAP and an employee stock purchase plan.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
When was Western Digital founded?
In 1970.
Source: Form 10-K
What happened to Sandisk?
Western Digital spun off its flash business as Sandisk on February 21, 2025.
Source: Form 10-K fiscal 2026
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