Arvind Krishna
Krishna in 2021
Born1962 (age 61–62)
West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
CitizenshipAmerican[2]
EducationStanes Anglo Indian School
St Joseph's Academy
Alma materIIT Kanpur (B.Tech)
University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign (PhD)
TitleChairman & CEO, IBM
PredecessorGinni Rometty

Arvind Krishna (born 1962) is an Indian-American business executive, and the chairman and CEO of IBM. He has been CEO of IBM since April 2020 and chairman since January 2021.[3][4] Krishna began his career at IBM in 1990, at its Thomas J. Watson Research Center,[5] and was promoted to senior vice president in 2015, managing IBM Cloud & Cognitive Software and IBM Research divisions. He was a principal architect of the acquisition of Red Hat, the largest acquisition in the company’s history.[6][7]

Early life and education

Krishna was born into a Telugu-speaking family in West Godavari District in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, India.[1][8] His father, Major General Vinod Krishna, was an army officer who served in the Indian Army and his mother, Aarathi Krishna, worked for the welfare of Army widows.[9][10]

Krishna received his education at Stanes Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Coonoor, Tamil Nadu and at St Joseph's Academy, Dehradun[11] before receiving a BTech degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1985.[8] He subsequently moved to the United States to earn a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1991.[12][13][14][15] He is the recipient of distinguished alumni awards from both IIT Kanpur and the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.

Career

Professional career

Krishna joined IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1990,[5] and continued in Watson Research for 18 years until 2009. Thereafter, he held a General Manager role in Information management software and systems and technology group of IBM. In 2015, he was promoted to senior vice president of IBM Research.[16] He later became senior vice president of IBM's cloud and cognitive software division.[8]

Krishna also led the building and expansion of new markets for IBM in artificial intelligence, cloud, quantum computing, and blockchain technology.[17][18] He was a driving force behind IBM's $34 billion acquisition of Red Hat, which closed in July 2019.[19][7]

He was appointed IBM's CEO in January 2020, effective April 6, 2020,[20] succeeding Ginni Rometty who was CEO since 2012.[21] He joined Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen, and Sundar Pichai as an Indian-American CEO of a major United States technology company.[22][23] In 2021, he was named by CRN as the year's "Most Influential Executive".[24]

Research

He has co-authored 15 patents, has been the editor of IEEE and ACM journals, and has published extensively in technical journals.[18]

See also

References

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  6. ^ "Arvind Krishna". LinkedIn. Archived from the original on September 14, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Morris, David Z. (February 3, 2020). "What you need to know about new IBM CEO Arvind Krishna". Fortune. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  8. ^ a b c "Arvind Krishna ascends beyond cloud at IBM". Economic Times. February 1, 2020. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  9. ^ Sangani, Priyanka (February 3, 2020). "Industry leaders, peers raise a toast to good news". Economic Times. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  10. ^ John, Sujit; Phadnis, Shilpa; Das, Avik (February 1, 2020). "Indian-origin technologist Arvind Krishna to lead IBM, joins club of global Indian CEOs". Times of India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  11. ^ Jan 31, TIMESOFINDIA COM /. "Who is Arvind Krishna IBM? All you need to know about IBM's new CEO Arvind Krishna | India News - Times of India". The Times of India.((cite news)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  13. ^ Lohr, Steve (January 30, 2020). "Ginni Rometty to Step Down as C.E.O. of IBM". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
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  16. ^ Morgan, Timothy Prickett (January 12, 2015). "IBM Reorganizes To Reflect Its New Business Machine". IT Jungle. Archived from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  17. ^ Mendonca, Jochelle (January 31, 2020). "IBM raises IITian Arvind Krishna to CEO effective April". Economic Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  18. ^ a b "Meet Arvind Krishna, the IIT Kanpur graduate who will be new CEO of IBM". Mint. January 31, 2020. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  19. ^ Fortt, Jon (April 6, 2020). "IBM's new CEO takes over today — here's his plan". CNBC. Archived from the original on October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  20. ^ Fitch, Asa (January 30, 2020). "IBM's Ginni Rometty Steps Down as CEO". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  21. ^ Carville, Olivia (January 30, 2020). "IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on January 31, 2020. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  22. ^ Bhattacharya, Ananya (January 31, 2020). "IBM has just given American big tech its third Indian-origin CEO". Quartz India. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  23. ^ Khan, Tahira Noor (February 1, 2020). "Arvind Krishna Becomes Latest Indian-Origin Executive To Lead a Global Tech Giant". Entrepreneur. Archived from the original on October 5, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  24. ^ Burke, Steven (August 2, 2021). "2021 Most Influential Executive Arvind Krishna: 'I Bleed Blue'". CRN. Retrieved August 16, 2021.

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