Arvind Krishna is a
Senior Executive with IBM Corporation. He has been named the new CEO of IBM and
will assume charge on 6th April, 2020. He will become the fourth
Indian to head US based technology behemoth after Sundar Pichai (Google), Satya
Nadella (Microsoft) and Santanu Narayan (Adobe).
Biography/Wiki
Arvind Krishna is now
holds an American passport. He went to the USA after completing B. Tech. and
had joined IBM in 1990. He is credited to facilitate the successful acquisition
of Red Hat by IBM in 2018 for USD 34 billion.
Career
The only company with
which Arvind has been associated is IBM. He has never tried to switch to a
different company. Both Google and Microsoft had tried to poach him at
different times with better pay checks. However, Arvind had always remained
loyal to IBM.
Personal
Profile
Date of Birth:
Age: 57 Years
Father:
Mother:
Birth Place: Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India
Religion: Hinduism
Caste:
Educational
Qualification:
Arvind had completed
schooling from Stanes Higher Secondary School, Coonoor. He had done B. Tech. in
Electrical Engineering from IIT – Kanpur. After which, he went to the USA for
higher education from University of Illinois. He holds Ph. D. in Computer
Science and Electrical Engineering.
Family
and Relationship:
Wife: NA
Siblings: NA
Interesting
and Lesser Known Facts:
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Arvind
Krishna is the second senior executive from Tamil Nadu to hold such a coveted
position, after Sundar Pichai. Interestingly, Andhra Pradesh has also produced
two world class leaders – Satya Nadella and Santanu Narayen. Arvind and Sundar
Pichai are IITians, while Satya Nadella (Manipal University) and Santanu Narayen
(Osmania University) were not able to crack IIT JEE Entrance Examination.
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Arvind
Krishna spearheaded the acquisition of Red Hat, which is the largest deal done
by IBM in its 108 years old history.
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