It was announced that Rometty would be stepping down as IBM's CEO to be replaced by Arvind Krishna
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Ginni Rometty
Virginia Marie Rometty is an American business executive who was executive chairman of IBM after stepping down as CEO on April 1, 2020. She was previously chairman, president and CEO of IBM, becoming the first woman to head the company. She retired from IBM on December 31, 2020, after a near-40 year career there. Before becoming president and CEO in January 2012, she first joined IBM as a systems…
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business · American business executive (born 1957) · entrepreneur · businessperson · computer scientist · also Ginni Rometty, Virginia Marie Rometty, Virginia Marie Nicosia, Virginia M Rometty, Virginia M. Rometty, Virginia Marie "Ginni" Rometty
Born 29 July 1957 · Q49971
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2020· 2 entries
Career landmark: board of directors member (2020).
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2017· 2 entries
Was awarded the KPMG Inspire Greatness Award
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Were in AI, cloud computing, cybersecurity, blockchain and quantum computing
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2015· 1 entry
Also brokered a partnership with Box
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2014· 2 entries
Became the third female member of the Augusta National Golf Club, following the lead of Condoleezza Rice
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Brokered a partnership for Apple to design applications for IBM's enterprise customers
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2012· 5 entries
Awarded 50 Most Influential (2012).
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Awarded Time 100 (2012).
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And in 2014 Rometty was featured in the PBS documentary The Boomer List
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Career landmark: chief executive officer (2012–2020).
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Also taking on the additional role of IBM chairman on October 1, 2012, when Palmisano retired
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2011· 2 entries
IBM announced that she was to be the company's next president and CEO, becoming the ninth chief executive in its history
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CNN reported that she was "credited with spearheading IBM's growth strategy by getting the company into the cloud computing and analytics businesses
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2009· 2 entries
Career landmark: vice president (2009).
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Focusing on the company's "fast-growing analytics unit"
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2008· 1 entry
To focus on emerging markets such as Brazil and Vietnam
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2007· 1 entry
IBM announced a five-year growth plan concerning revenue growth and capital allocation
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2006· 1 entry
Career landmark: board member (2006–2009).
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2002· 3 entries
Helped negotiate IBM's purchase of PricewaterhouseCoopers' IT consulting business, becoming known for her work integrating the two companies
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Championed and helped negotiate the purchase of Monday, the consulting arm of the professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers for $3
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Time named her in its 2002 Global Business Influential list
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1981· 3 entries
And subsequently headed global sales, marketing, and strategy
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Career landmark: systems engineer (1981).
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Joined IBM as a systems analyst and systems engineer in Detroit
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1979· 3 entries
Rometty went to work for General Motors Institute in Flint, where she was responsible for application and systems development
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Virginia Nicosia married Mark Anthony Rometty, a private-equity investor, in 1979.
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Receiving a bachelor's degree in computer science and electrical engineering
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1975· 1 entry
On a scholarship from General Motors, where she interned between her junior and senior years
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1957· 2 entries
Born 1957-07-29.
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In Chicago, Illinois, as Virginia Nicosia
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