Virginia Rometty: First Female CEO of IBM

By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 27 October 2011, 23:35 IST
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Last month, Meg Whitman was designated as CEO of Hewlett-Packard. Previously Whitman had also worked at eBay when it was a newbie startup during the dotcom boom and channelized it to become an internet auction powerhouse. She also ran unsuccessfully for California governor last year. After Rometty takes over the leadership at IBM, women will be in charge of the world's largest technology companies. As long as Whitman's HP is a sprawling company in disorder, Rometty will succeed a finely tuned IBM whose focus on the high-margin businesses of technology services and software has helped it thrive. Speaking to the guardian Jean Bozman, an analyst with IDC who has followed both the tech giants closely for years said that the appointment of the two ladies as CEO is setting a fabulous example in the promotion of female executives.

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