International Business Machines Corporation, more popularly known as IBM, is an American multinational company which majorly deals in information technology. One of the biggest companies in the world, IBM currently ranks 38 on the Fortune 500 list of companies.
IBM offers a portfolio of interests in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, analytics, commerce, data and the Internet of Things. The company was helmed by Virginia Rometty, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO.) Now, Arvind Krishna will take over the reins as the new CEO of IBM.
Arvind Krishna is a graduate of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K) and has a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. Arvind Krishna previously worked as IBM’s Senior Vice President for Cloud and Cognitive Software.
Virginia Rometty will retire after 40 years at IBM. She was the first woman head of IBM. Virginia Rometty remarked about the appointment of Arvind Krishna and said he is the right person to lead the Company into the cloud computing era. Multiple companies like Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle and Adobe are heavily investing in cloud computing as well.
Arvind Krishna’s appointment as the CEO of IBM was welcomed by Indians as Arvind Krishna joins a unique club of Indian origin CEOs. This club includes Satya Nadella (Microsoft,) Sundar Pichai (Google and Alphabet,) Indra Nooyi (PepsiCo,) Ajay Banga (MasterCard) and Shantanu Narayen (Adobe.)
Arvind Krishna will take over as IBM’s CEO on April 6th, 2020.
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