IBM Names Arvind Krishna CEO, Replacing Ginni Rometty
- Rometty was IBM’s first female CEO when she stepped up in 2012
- Krishna was architect of Red Hat deal meant to boost growth
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International Business Machines Corp. named Arvind Krishna as chief executive officer, replacing longtime CEO Virginia Rometty.
Krishna, 57, is currently the head of IBM’s cloud and cognitive software unit and was a principal architect of the company’s purchase of Red Hat, which was completed last year. Rometty, 62, will continue as executive chairman and serve through the end of the year, when she will retire after almost 40 years with the company, IBM said in a statement Thursday. The shares rose about 5% in extended trading.