IBM names first female CEO
IBM on Tuesday named Virginia Rometty, the head of sales, marketing and strategy, to take over as chief executive on January 1, making her the first woman to lead the US computer giant.
The 54-year-old, who is also a senior vice president at IBM, succeeds current president and chief executive Samuel Palmisano, 60, who will stay on as chairman of the board of directors, IBM said in a statement.
Rometty, who is known as "Ginni," had also been elected to IBM's board of directors, effective immediately, the company said.
She will be the ninth chief executive in the 100-year-old history of the computer titan known as "Big Blue" and the first woman to hold the top post.
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