List of IBM CEOs explained

The following is a chronological list of people who have served as chief executive officer of IBM, an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York.

• Thomas J. Watson (1914 - 1956)^[1]
• Thomas J. Watson, Jr. (1956 - 1971)^[1]
• T. Vincent Learson (1971 - 1973)^[1]
• Frank T. Cary (1973 - 1981)^[1]
• John R. Opel (1981 - 1985)^[1]
• John Fellows Akers (1985 - 1993)^[1]
• Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. (1993 - 2002)^[1]
• Samuel J. Palmisano (2002 - 2012)^[1]
• Virginia Marie Rometty (2012 - 2020)^[2]
• Arvind Krishna (2020 -)^[3]

See also

• List of chief executive officers

External links

• of IBM

Notes and References

1. Database (undated). "Biographies". IBM. Retrieved September 30, 2011.
2. Web site: IBM Names Virginia Rometty as First Female CEO . October 25, 2011 . Wired . 2011-10-26.
3. Web site: IBM's new CEO takes over today — here's his plan . 2020-04-06 . CNBC . 2020-04-20.