Friday, 24 March, 2023

IITian Arvind Krishna to be new IBM CEO

<p>Arvind Krishna, 57, has been named as the new CEO of the International Business Machine (IBM). The IIT Kanpur Alumnus will replace longtime CEO Virginia Rometty, the first female CEO of the company. &nbsp;Krishna, at present, heads IBM&rsquo;s cloud and cognitive software unit. He played a pivotal role in IBM&rsquo;s purchase of Red Hat, which was completed last year. Rometty, 62, will serve IBM till the end of the year as executive chairman. She has spent close to 40 years in IBM.</p>