Arvind Krishna
CEO and Chairman, IBM
IBM's CEO began his career at its research lab in 1990 and spent 18 years there before climbing to the top job.
- Born
- 1962-11-23, West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Now
- Chairman and CEO, IBM
- Studied
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, IIT Kanpur
Interesting facts
- Before AI
Has spent his entire career at IBM, starting in 1990 as a researcher at its Watson lab and staying in research for 18 years.
en.wikipedia.org - First
Helped create the world's first commercial wireless system and founded IBM's security software business.
newsroom.ibm.com - Side project
Wired named him one of 25 geniuses creating the future of business in 2016, for his early work on blockchain.
newsroom.ibm.com - Numbers
Was the main architect of IBM's $34 billion purchase of Red Hat in 2019, the largest acquisition in the company's history.
en.wikipedia.org - In their words
After IBM shares fell 25% in one day in July 2026, he told investors: "We did not adapt and move quickly enough."
time.com - Numbers
Bets that AI models will become interchangeable and that 90% of the value will go to companies building applications on top of them.
time.com
Career
- IBMChairman and CEO1990 to now
Education
- PhD, Electrical engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1991
- BTech, Electrical engineering, IIT Kanpur, 1985
